“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

  • God-Lift

    Mighty God lifts humble humanity.All knowing and poly-focused Sovereign lifts the lowly.God of all sufficiency and no need cares to rectify injustice.LORD of creation, whose thoughts are beyond our thoughts ….Knows and enters into our thinking to reveal as much… Continue reading

  • Life goes on. Time passes. Seasons change.

    … somehow in the midst of the secular movements and worldly wisdom that is flung about they see God. They realize that there is no secular time or season, that God is always moving in history, that new years, new… Continue reading

  • The Solomon Factor – Wisdom for Leadership

    Solomon solidified his leadership through the exercise of practical wisdom. Continue reading

  • Tender Love

    The love of God is a tender love.It is a father’s love.It is a patient love, understanding, compassionate, forgiving, and gracious. Continue reading

  • Blessing God – Psalm 103:1

    What is within you today? Not all of it is positive, but when you offer it to God, He is blessed because He can take it and transform it for His own purposes. Nor is everything within you negative. You… Continue reading

  • Lux æterna – An Epiphany Meditation

      Brightest Brilliance,Breathtaking Vision,Expanding across a grey skyDispelling darkness in a Festival of spectral colors. Beams unfilteredInto these eyes dimmed andHeart quenched in theCalcifying hardness of myStubborn stillness andPersistent self-interests. Disturb me, God of Light.Trouble my soul from false and… Continue reading

  • Grace Will Lead Me Home – “… I go to prepare a place for you.” -John 14:2

    Home! Home, sweet, home! That’s where we are going. That is where we belong. Anything short of home is still part of the journey. Anything that is part of the journey is subject to dangers, toils, and snares. But after… Continue reading

  • The Simple Way – John 14:1-6

    How do we find the way? Jesus simplified the answer. He would be their compass. He would be their guide. It was not necessary for them to know anything more that Him. If they would follow Him, He would provide… Continue reading

  • Either Way

    When you die, will folks celebrate your death or your life? “But when Herod was dead, behold, an angel of the Lord appeareth in a dream to Joseph in Egypt, Saying, Arise, and take the young child and his mother,… Continue reading

  • Blessed Is the Nation – Only One Kingdom – A Nation of Neighbors

    We are a nation of neighbors and our role as disciples of Jesus is to be good neighbors and to influence the nation to be a good neighbor to others. Continue reading

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