“Hope” is the thing with feathers -That perches in the soul – And sings the tune without the words – And never stops – at all”

—Emily Dickinson

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  • But I Can’t Do It.

    `The Seldom Heard Encouraging Word YOU CAN!   Photo by congy yuan on Unsplash Here is the progression: I can't.  mutter it to myself. I start. I keep going. I keep going. I mutter. I keep going. I do it.… Continue reading

  • What Is Challenging You Today?

    I predict that you will know what to do with your challenges as you prayerfully and conscientiously consider them, address them, embrace them, and act to respond to them. Continue reading

  •   What if you lost a day, a month, a year, or more?   Simple answer? You start where you are now and start over … or resume where you left off.   Life can be tricky. Life is always… Continue reading

  • Proud Teacher Moments

    As we commit ourselves to building up others, we will find ourselves built up in the ways that truly matter. Continue reading

  • Meme Me – Collected Shorts from My Feeds by Me

      GIVING AND RECEIVING “…without ceasing I make mention of you always in my prayers; Making request, if by any means now at length I might have a prosperous journey by the will of God to come unto you. For… Continue reading

  • Song of the Forsaken

    Psalm 22:2 – O my God, I cry out by day, but you do not answer, by night, and am not silent. Continue reading

  • Spiritual Disciplines for Highly Distracted Souls

    And Other Pretty Shiny Things Spiritual Disciplines for Highly Distracted Souls – That is my next book … well, one of the next ones — if I can concentrate enough to finish it . Seriously now, some of you know… Continue reading

  • Sound and Color

      Two Messages for Today     One More Continue reading

  • Trois Myopic Rodents

    Trois myopic rodentsTrois myopic rodentsObserve how they traverseObserve how they traverseThey all pursued the agronomist's spouse Who severed their appendages with a culinary implementHave you ever observed such a startling phenomenonAs trois myopic rodents Lest you stop there, note that… Continue reading