“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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  • Remember Susan and Remember Paul

    Do you remember Susan? Remember her if you are discouraged today. We are more than we can even imagine. This dear woman’s confidence in the person God had given her to be just blessed me down to my socks –… Continue reading

  • How God Thinks about Us

    “For I know the thoughts that I think toward you …” – Jeremiah 29:11 First, it is an awesome thing to consider that God would even have a thought toward any one of us. Then we marvel to know that… Continue reading

  • Changing Our Outlook on Defeat

    Defeat Kahlil Gibran  1883 – 1931 Kahlil Gibran, author of The Prophet, was born January 6, 1883, in Bsharri, Lebanon.   Defeat, my Defeat, my solitude and my aloofness; You are dearer to me than a thousand triumphs, And sweeter to… Continue reading

  • We Must Change Our Attitude Toward Defeat

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  • The Big Book

      On this day in 1939 – Alcoholics Anonymous, A.A.'s "Big Book", is first published.     “Those events that once made me feel ashamed and disgraced now allow me to share with others how to become a useful member… Continue reading

  • Roses and Thorns

    “Instead of the thorn shall come up the fir tree, and instead of the brier shall come up the myrtle tree: and it shall be to the LORD for a name, for an everlasting sign that shall not be cut… Continue reading

  • The Dew of Hermon

    Psalm 133:3 – As the dew of Hermon, and as the dew that descended upon the mountains of Zion: for there the LORD commanded the blessing, even life for evermore. I have seen Mount Hermon and it is impressive. I… Continue reading

  • Quiet My Soul, a Country Song

    A Simple Country Song for a Quiet Heart Photo by Priscilla Du Preez 🇨🇦 on Unsplash Psalm 131 O Lord, I am not proud; I have no haughty looks. I do not occupy myself with great matters, or with things that are… Continue reading

  • Life Together by Bonhoeffer, Dietrich

      Download Life-together-book-english-january-2017   Study Guide for Dietrich Bonhoeffer’s “Life Together” George Fox University Life Together (Dietrich Bonhoeffer) audiobook YouTube.com   Order: Dietrich Bonhoeffer’s Letters and Papers from Prison: A Biography (Lives of Great Religious Books) Hardcover – Illustrated, February 27, 2011   Continue reading

  • A Nation Reunited?

      On this date in 1865, during the American Civil War: Robert E. Lee surrenders the Army of Northern Virginia (26,765 troops) to Ulysses S. Grant at Appomattox Court House, Virginia. Appomattox Court House in Virginia has a sign that… Continue reading

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