“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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  • Turn! The Good News Has Come! Believe It!

    The message of repentance is good news, not so much, “you must,” as “you can.” Yes, we must, but we never knew we could. Continue reading

  • My Students and Their Teacher

    All of my students have one thing in common: Continue reading

  • Extraordinary Blessing for an Ordinary Day

    I wish for you all a day filled with extraordinary, audacious, and joyful success. Continue reading

  • The Cool of the Day

    It was the cool of the day. It ought to have been the most precious time of their day. Continue reading

  • The unseen footprints of God are not absent because He is absent. He is present and stepping in the sands along the shore and those in the desert every They are just quickly covered by the waters  and winds of… Continue reading

  • Strive to Rest

    "Strive to enter rest." I am philosophically, and paradoxically amused by the concept of striving to enter rest and still, I get it. I get it on the day before every day off or vacation. I get it every day… Continue reading

  • The Meaning of Life

    You can travel the world and invest in hundreds of teachers and come no closer to truth than you will at the foot of your bed in prayer, meeting Him face to face. Continue reading

  • Meditations in Ashes

    God, write Your law of love, again, upon my heart. Grant me a deep desire to know it and to do it. Grant me the strength. Grant me grace. Continue reading

  • In Dust and Ashes

    “Remember that you are dust, and to dust you shall return.” Continue reading

  • The Impatience Club

      Cj.samson - Own work – Impatiens scapiflora  I am a dues-paying member of the impatient club. I get impatient with myself, with individuals, with slow service, with shoddy service, with life, and sometimes, with God. I get impatient when people's attitudes… Continue reading