“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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  • Who Knows?

      The years go by so much faster than they used to. Days start with great expectations and we accomplish less than we set out to accomplish and sometimes more and usually more than we think and we step back… Continue reading

  • Keep On

      We don't always "feel" inspired, but we keep on doing what we did when we knew the experience of inspiration and motivation. We keep on because that which inspired us is still within us. We keep on because in… Continue reading

  • Tempted

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  • I Must Finish My Work

      When the colluded powers sent their collaborating messengers to warn Jesus he was in trouble and that he was likely to be killed, his response was four-fold: I am doing works of mercy and deliverance. I will continue to… Continue reading

  • This Prayer

    Oh God, who sees me, knows me, and loves me while seeing through my pretensions. There is nothing I can tell you about myself that you do not already know. I am laid bare by your penetrating gaze and your… Continue reading

  • Lamenting over Injustice

    Lamenting over the magnitude of injustice, oppression, and wickedness was leading the troubadour to despair. He recounts the agonizing moments that were not left to dangle in meaningless resignation and then, he declares .. " …But when I thought how… Continue reading

  • It Is Time that We Renew Our Sense of Urgency

    The Urge to Change the World The Urge to Change the World The entrepreneurial urge is the motivational edge of men and women who love to develop bold initiatives and who change the world little by little. When Steve Jobs approached… Continue reading

  • EMILY MALBONE MORGAN, Lay Leader and Contemplative – Died in 1937

    Died on this day in 1937, Emily Malbone Morgan (December 10, 1862 – February 27, 1937) a prominent social and religious leader in the Episcopal Church in the United States who helped found the Society of the Companions of the… Continue reading

  • Born this day in 1945 – Allan Boesak, South African cleric and politician.

    Born this day in 1945 – Allan Boesak, South African cleric and politician. "God speaks, but always in the voice of the voiceless, the defenceless, the powerless. If the powerful do not hear God in this way, they will not… Continue reading