“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 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

  • Markings

    What unknown script is emboldened in the dash between the day of your birth and the day of your death? Continue reading

  • Brutal Prayer

    Is it conceivable that God would be angry at our prayers? Irritated? Perturbed? Cynical? The psalmist thought so and prayed, “O LORD God of hosts, how long will you be angry with your people’s prayers?” (Psalm 80:4 ESV) READ MORE. Continue reading

  • Answering Critics

    Should a person always answer his or her critics? It is our impulse. We might feel that silence implies vacillation, lack of courage, or unwillingness to engage. Perhaps, sometimes, it does. At other times, it merely indicates a feeling that… Continue reading

  • Hold Fast to Dreams

    "Hold fast to dreams For if dreams die Life is a broken-winged bird That cannot fly. Hold fast to dreams …For when dreams go Life is a barren field Frozen with snow." – Langston Hughes   Indeed, we must dream… Continue reading

  • Who Do You Say That I Am? Tell No One.

    So Jesus tells Peter than he got it right and he got it from God — but to be careful how he tells it because the gospel must be seen and experienced in order to be fully understood and that… Continue reading

  • Limitless

    To ask, to seek, to dwell, to gaze, to inquire. I suppose you could mix them up, stir them around, or take them in reverse. You could do them all at once. You could take them in order. It is… Continue reading

  • Freedom or Indulgence

    What if we dedicated our freedom and independence to service of others, to being a good neighbor? What if we majored on neighborliness as an expression of appreciation for our country this year? What if this Independence Day, 2018, was… Continue reading

  • Red Skies

    “…  When it is evening, ye say, It will be fair weather: for the sky is red. And in the morning, It will be foul weather to day: for the sky is red and lowering…” – Matthew 16:2-3 The poetic… Continue reading

  • “New Things I Now Declare!”

    The God who declares new things have come has declared  that the old is past! The Creator God has called us to righteousness. Righteousness! We have not been called to blindly aim and shoot, but to be taken by the… Continue reading

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