“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

  • It Is Morning

        It's morning.It's time.This is it.That for which you are longing.Embrace today.God is here.It's morning.   Continue reading

  • On Growing Old on Purpose

    "At twenty a man is full of fight and hope. He wants to reform the world. When he's seventy he still wants to reform the world, but he knows he can't." - Clarence S. Darrow  I guess I'll have to wait… Continue reading

  • Reflections on Psalms 69 and 73

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  • Tick Tac Toe for Today

      TODAY______ T – A TIC on the tic-toc scale, a TIPPING point in TIME, TO-BE written,O – OPPORTUNITIES abound, obstacles obscure, but do not overwhelm.D – DOING is immediate. I cannot just being materializes into doing. I must DO.A… Continue reading

  • Comfort in Trouble

    It is a nice verse with a comforting theme, but it is set in the context of struggle. The psalmist is in the fight of his life. His enemy is a former friend, turned against him, who is using every… Continue reading

  • Even at Horeb

    "Even at Horeb …" Even at the very Mountain of God, the place where the law was gloriously given, we figured out a way to provoke God. God was ready to destroy …. But God did not destroy. What happened?… Continue reading

  • The Lengthening of Days

    We are in the early days of the Lenten season. We begin the Lenten season, a lengthening of days, with hope of renewal, with sorrow for our offenses to God and others, with the joy of repentance and reconciliation toward… Continue reading

  • The Outer Limits of Understanding – O Magnum Mysterium

        Most of the universe is dark – dark energy, dark matter, and darkness that cannot fit the known laws of the cosmos nor be observed through our light-oriented senses. The vast array of reality exists within the realm… Continue reading

  • We are not as rich as we think we are.

    What makes this life different is that the calling to follow Jesus is not something that ought to be part of our lives. It is the totality of our lives. We do not need God in our lives. We need… Continue reading

  • To You

    I am weak, Lord. I am lowly. I bring nothing in my hands. I offer no credentials, no reputation, no resume worth reading. My track record is checkered. My focus is scattered. My mind is here and there and everywhere.… Continue reading

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