“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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Latest Posts

  • “Hurry Up, God!”

    Arrogance, indifference, self-sufficient pride and greed surround the singer of songs in Psalm 10. Injustice and oppression, unedited, unaccounted-for, but not unnoticed. "Hurry up, God," he seems to cry. "Things are getting bad. The big bad guys are strutting around… Continue reading

  • Yesterday’s Manna

    There was only one day, when day old manna was fit to eat. That was the sabbath. Continue reading

  • Weeping Savior

    Our Savior weeps with us and for us. He knows our sorrows and cares. And His heart is broken over every lost soul, wounded heart,  severed relationship, death, sickness, and injustice.His desire is to gather all people to himself forever. Continue reading

  • Doing What Cannot Be Done

    To get to the place where that sign no longer grabs or attention will require passing through the gate again and again and doing, or at least attempting, what cannot be done. Continue reading

  • To Know the Unknowable

    I may not be able to fully know Him, but I can know Him because I am known of Him and He draws me closer daily. Continue reading

  • Here Is Your God

      Here is your God. This is a God who gathers masses of outcasts, who gets personally involved with individuals, and manages the universe at the same time. This is a God of undivided attention. The same attention God gives… Continue reading

  • Now I See

      He answered and said, Whether he be a sinner or no, I know not: one thing I know, that, whereas I was blind, now I see. – John 9:25 “I see,” we say and we mean that we understand.… Continue reading

  • But As For Me – Loosely Connected Devotional Thoughts

      We fall; we rise.We are adjudicated and found guilty and then …The Judge steps down from the bench to plead our case.It is as if we cannot lose; every loss becomes a win. " Rejoice not over me, O… Continue reading

  • Forgiveness Is Not Getting By with It

      God does not let us get by with our sins; He forgives them. That is two different things. Being forgiven is not "getting by" with something. It is a mystery that, for the follower of Jesus, makes sense in… Continue reading

  • Do What You Can

    There is more to do than can be done.A smorgasbord of fun.The race is longer than can be run.Face it; we are under the gun.So … do what you can while you can. "As long as it is day, I… Continue reading

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