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

On Being a Grandpa Dirty dishesScattered toysSilly wishesLittle boysLife's a wonderWhen you findGentle thunderOf this kind. Continue reading

How can the wrath of man praise God? It happens when God turns the tables of our worst intentions. Our power plays do not honor God unless God enters in to exercise His sovereignty — which He ultimately does. Lesson?… Continue reading

Eventually, every edifice shall fail, even those dedicated to His glory. Yet, he shall never fail. His Word and His Truth shall endure through eternity. Continue reading

  One thing have I desired of the LORD, that will I seek after; that I may dwell in the house of the LORD all the days of my life, to behold the beauty of the LORD, and to inquire… Continue reading

  Now that I have your attention, here are a couple of reflections. "Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow; they toil not, neither do they spin: And yet I say unto you, That even Solomon in all… Continue reading

Quench not the Spirit. – 1 Thessalonians 5:19 I learned, years ago, on a visit to Yosemite, that not all fires in the forest are bad. In fact, they are regularly needed to prevent catastrophic fires and promote new tree… Continue reading