“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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  • Water Walking

    Water Walking in the Wee Hours of the Morning In the Fourth Watch of the Night – That is when it happened, perhaps at about 3:00 A.M.. It is that unique time when the extreme night owls are thinking of… Continue reading

  • Rebellion and Redemption – There Is Hope

    This is the story of the relentless love of God. Judgment is not the flip side of this. It is included in it – not as a paradox, but as an exclamation mark …. Continue reading

  • Save Me, Oh God; I Sink Deep

    Did we become spiritual in the mire or as we began to emerge? Was it before or after we bathed? Was it at our lowest or at our highest?  Continue reading

  • Hard Incarnation

    That is incarnation and it calls for identification with all suffering and allows for no comfort zone with which to label oneself. Continue reading

  • Disturbing the City

    God help us to disturb the city. Continue reading

  • The Unfinished List

    Photo by Glenn Carstens-Peters on Unsplash When people ask me how I get certain things done, the response is often, "I work them into the cracks of my life between major commitments. Ironically, the things we do in those squeeze times are not always the… Continue reading

  • Mental Notes

    Good ideas are worth remembering and writing down. So are not-so-good ideas. They can be sorted out later or even trigger good ideas. Continue reading

  • Herod’s Switch

      Pieter de Grebber ca. 1600 – 1653 He really loved his power and authority and thought a great deal of himself.Herod was a character. He shared a name with others who were addicted to power, position, and wealth. Though… Continue reading

  • On Your Toes

    You can believe in tomorrow without boasting about it.  Continue reading

  • Get Sharp

    “As iron sharpens iron, so one man sharpens another.” Continue reading