“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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  • What I Don’t Need in Five Words

    Another hashtag from a year ago was #WhatIDontNeedIn5Words. It propelled several thoughts from me. It might be fun to revive it. Here were mine: Continue reading

  • What I Don’t Need in Five Words

    Another hashtag from a year ago was #WhatIDontNeedIn5Words. It propelled several thoughts from me. It might be fun to revive it. Here were mine: Continue reading

  • Be Kind

    We need more than ever before and we lack more than ever before. Continue reading

  • #Just3Words for Living

      Last year, someone started a trending hashtag o Twitter, challenging everyone to sum up an important truth about life in three words. I saved the one I contributed and here they are. #Just3Words – but  nine sets! Make it… Continue reading

  • Real Strength

    In worship, we acknowledge real strength – that it is God’s and not ours. Continue reading

  • One Thing Have I Desired

    Curly was asked, in “City Slickers,” about the meaning of life.”One thing,” he replied. Continue reading

  • Light Dawns

    Who are these for whom light dawns? They are those who stand up straight in a twisted world. Our job is to keep on in the light that is dawning for us in the darkness – no matter how dark… Continue reading

  • Sick of Christians?

      The pot is being stirred and there is a lot of spillage. The church is struggling with its identity in a rapidly changing world. Everyone, inside and outside, has an opinion – maybe more than one. Sometimes we are… Continue reading

  • Draw Me Closer

      Draw me closer to You and not my own critical opinions. Divorce me from my entanglement with my own views. Liberate me from dependence upon my own inclinations and preferences. Turn my heart to Jesus and through Him, to… Continue reading

  • Get Your Kicks

    It is time to kick some protoplasm. Continue reading