“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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  • Happy Mother’s Day to Andrea, My Wife

    A Post from Facebook!   Continue reading

  • The Meaning of Life

     “And this is life eternal, that they might know thee the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom thou hast sent.” – John 17:3 “Jesus said unto him, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and… Continue reading

  • Unready Readiness

      I am in a state of unready readiness … paradoxically speaking! God of readiness, of constancy, and of mystery,Invade me, overthrow my stubborn reluctance and Disperse my stagnant sentries who stagger the soulAnd stalwartly resist that which you insist will… Continue reading

  • Opinion Expression Avoidance Syndrome

    This popped up in my "On This Day" feed from May 11, 2016: Have you ever felt intimidated about stating an opinion, question, observation, or passing idea? Have you ever calculated the fear of being judged, labeled, or categorized for… Continue reading

  • Seeking Jesus in the Wrong Places

      It is not just the urban cowboy who is looking for love in all the wrong places. And when they had fulfilled the days, as they returned, the child Jesus tarried behind in Jerusalem; and Joseph and his mother… Continue reading

  • How About Prayer?

        Prayer is sometimes difficult. It is work. It is worthwhile work, but it is work. Connecting seems tough. Distance. Cold indifference. Lifeless words. Soulless sentiments. Mundane moments. Routine. Ritual. Obligation. Distractions. Guilty self-flagellation longing for relaxed intimacy and… Continue reading

  • Grace, Peace, Joy, and Love to You

        Grace to you today, refreshing, sweet, and bountiful. Deep, abiding, strong, overcoming peace to you today. Joy to you, overwhelming, surprising, irrational, giddy joy. Love to you today … from One who knows you fully, honestly, and unconditionally… Continue reading

  • The sacrament of failure was observed in timely fashion …with suitable dignity …and appropriate simplicity …time honored liturgy. Continue reading

  • We face a fearsome, fierce todayYet, trembling through, I stand to say that I shall stay,But only if I may, kneel along the wayTo pray. Continue reading

  • Faith embraces that which flickersIn the darkness far beyond our graspWhose enlightened silence whispersIn ears that hear with hands that clasp. Continue reading

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