“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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  • When You Are Sluggish

    Sluggards and sloths have a tough life … at least their human counterparts do. We sit … and wait for something to move us. But nothing does. We wait some more. Nothing. Then it occurs to us that maybe, just… Continue reading

  • Gotta Go (Written in a moment when I had to go) Sometimes on the phone, Sometimes in person, Often on-line, Occasionally when knocking on the door of the privy, Always first thing in the morning … Gotta go! When the… Continue reading

  • Cosmos! Vastness … Heavens declaring the glory of God …. Wonder … Magnificence … Mind boggling awe … Playful grace … Awesome power … I'm glad to live here too … wherever we are … centered in His love! Continue reading

  • Profundities – Number 1 If I ever write a book of profound thoughts, it will be a collection of deep thinking collected in unlikely places like the thought that passed through my hollow, shallow brain the other day in the… Continue reading

  • Deep thoughts … I have them … They are quite deep … And, they are covered with hard pan … Many pounds … tons of hard pan … I need something stronger than a shovel to get to them …… Continue reading

  • My tongue became en-lodged in my cheek in a recent posting … It took some doing, but … We were able to extract it … Though still a bit sore … And gravitating toward the cheek … I think it… Continue reading

  • What does it mean "to bless?" How do we bless? Here is an acronym for what it might mean for us to bless others. B = Being. We first bless by being who and what we are. It is our… Continue reading

  • The Call to Pray

    We are called to pray, not just for our friends or allies, but for all people. That call embraces an open-ended expectancy that is divorced from agenda and most preconceptions and is biased toward reconciling love. Relief print of Daniel's prayer… Continue reading

  • Keep Dancing the Towel Step

      When I first wrote and posted this article, I was unaware of the dance contest phenomena such as "Dancing with the Stars" that held so many in such a tight grip of interest. I would pass through the living… Continue reading

  • The Refuge We Seek – Reflections of Psalm 16

    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 is… Continue reading

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