This Thanksgiving, while giving thanks for our executive, judicial, and legislative branches of government, it is in a context of prayer, petition, and intercession that it will insure a level of peace for us to grow in grace so that… Continue reading

  Waves sweeping,Ship sinking,Footholds giving way,Still the music plays.Resistance tempers strings,Prompts the resonating vibrations. Art without pain,Music without suffering,Oxymoronic monotonicSilence.Titanic dangers surround the emerging soundOf sweet assurance …Nearer, my God, to Thee.       unsplash-logoMourad Saadi Continue reading

  Awareness of moral dilemmas and ethical ambiguity is an indicator of intellectual, emotional, and spiritual maturity and health, serving as a counter-balance to superficiality and slogan driven oversimplification of complexities. (Reflections on book of Job)     Continue reading

The afflicted soul is tormented within and without. The heart is troubled. Anxiety keeps the mind and body on edge. Life is unsettled. The complaints of personal injustice and abandonment bubble up inside and must find release, but body, mind,… Continue reading

Sometimes you have to hear the logic of the logical exercising their role as "cautioneers" and naysayers and acknowledge that the safest and most reasonable thing to do is one thing and then, do the opposite because our loyalty is… Continue reading

There was a certain rich man, which was clothed in purple … – Luke 16:19 Then came Jesus forth, wearing the crown of thorns, and the purple robe. And Pilate saith unto them, Behold the man! – John 19:5 When… Continue reading

  Psalm 16:1 – Keep me safe, O God, for in you I take refuge. Never separate the two parts of this prayer or you will diffuse its power. The first part is a request made in faith. The second… Continue reading

  Enough with the hand wringing.Enough with the despair.Enough waiting for someone else to have enough faith …Enough to change the world …Enough … Enough waiting on Republicans or Democrats or Independents.Enough waiting on public opinion. Enough complaining and waiting… Continue reading

  No one is going to come along with you until you start moving.Now one is going to see it, get it, or understand it until you live it and demonstrate it.Do not wait for a vote of your peers… Continue reading

Lord of this morning,Light of this day,Master of the darkness that daily dies,God of night and light and all that is,I come …Empty handed, I come.I bring to the morning and the day, nothing,Nothing,Nothing, but me …myself …. my self,Undone,… Continue reading