“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

  • At the Risk of Not Making Some Easy Scores

    Here is a reflection on quoting and considering in public discourse from a brief Facebook post today: I really do want to be fair, so I am going to examine one or two of my assumptions – yet again. I… Continue reading

  • Reflections on Psalm 9:9-20

    Psalm 9:9 – The Lord is a refuge for the oppressed, a stronghold in times of trouble. The oppressed are very dear to God. A rabbi once said that God must truly love the poor because He made so many… Continue reading

  • Where Were You? Out of the Whirlwind!

    "Where wast thou when I laid the foundations of the earth? declare, if thou hast understanding."  – Job 38:4 Has God ever asked you a really hard question? It is His turn to ask. Sometimes, the questions are the answers.… Continue reading

  • He Showed Himself Holy

        That is the usual outcome when I quarrel with God. " These are the waters of Meribah, where the people of Israel quarreled with the LORD, and through them he showed himself holy." (Numbers 20:13 ESV) Continue reading

  • Tweets (and more) on Critical Thinking

      " The unfolding of your words gives light;it imparts understanding to the simple." -Psalm 119:130 (ESV)    Here is how I feel sometimes and was feeling today. That prompted a series of tweets on critical thinking: I've fallen down… Continue reading

  • Neither Were They Thankful

        "Because that, when they knew God, they glorified him not as God, neither were thankful; but became vain in their imaginations, and their foolish heart was darkened." - Romans 1:21  This indictment is about what we do with what… Continue reading

  • Fatherhood

    In that period of time between conception and birth, a man comes to realize the awesome responsibility he has undertaken. If he is wise, he asks many questions, reads books, prays, and thinks more than he has thought for years. Continue reading

  • Is My Father Yet Alive?

    Joseph with his father Jacob and brothers in Egypt from Zubdat-al Tawarikh in the Turkish and Islamic Arts Museum in Istanbul, dedicated to Sultan Murad III in 1583 “And he asked them of their welfare, and said, Is your father well, the old man of… Continue reading

  • The Explosive Power of Tiny Faith

    “…If ye have faith as a grain of mustard seed…”   – from Matthew 17:20 How much faith do you have? Is your faith great or small? Is it conditional or absolute? Is it fickle or firm? It is not an… Continue reading

  • God of the Oppressed

    We are all oppressed – even if we are oppressors. We each writhe in agony for someone to intervene in our darkness and bring us into the light. Continue reading

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