“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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  • Destroying the Destroyer

    Have you come to destroy us?That is the question posed by the destroyer.It rings a bell of irony. Continue reading

  • The Perks of Age

    Let us call “enough” to bemoaning the onsets of age. Paul’s stance is not that advancing age is something to groan over but something to celebrate. “… for love’s sake I rather beseech thee, being such an one as Paul… Continue reading

  • We Need to Talk

      We do understand that it sometimes take high profile people doing outrageous high profile things or making outrageous high profile statements to advance a conversation. Don't we? I dislike outrage as much as the next passive aggressive, mild mannered… Continue reading

  • Go, Get ‘Em, Tiger!

    Photo by Sacha Styles Good morning, afternoon, or evening. It is a new day. Whatever you worried about last night, that kept you tossing and turning … that glitch. that stitch in time, that hitch in your get-along, that which… Continue reading

  • Codifying Holiness

      Leviticus is a holiness code for a holy people, marked solely by their identification with a Holy God and loyalty to The One. Holy means peculiarly set apart, but also points to transferable principles and concepts. Each section ends… Continue reading

  • The One Who Is Able

    Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego understood that there are some things far more important that safety and security. Continue reading

  • The Right Question

    Photo by Evan Dennis   And the people asked him, saying, What shall we do then? – Luke 3:10 John got the response that he must have hoped for. It was the right response. It was the only logical response… Continue reading

  • Show Up

    And now also the axe is laid unto the root of the trees: every tree therefore which bringeth not forth good fruit is hewn down, and cast into the fire. – Luke 3:9  Once a thriving industrial plant, the factory… Continue reading

  • The Fruits of Life Change

    Then said he to the multitude that came forth to be baptized of him, O generation of vipers, who hath warned you to flee from the wrath to come?  Bring forth therefore fruits worthy of repentance, and begin not to… Continue reading

  • Removing Impediments

    Every valley shall be filled, and every mountain and hill shall be brought low; and the crooked shall be made straight, and the rough ways shall be made smooth; And all flesh shall see the salvation of God. – Luke 3:5-6… Continue reading