“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

  • The Babyhood of God

    Luca Cambiaso – Virgin with the Christ Child in Swaddling Clothes – WGA03793. "The tremendous revelation of Christianity is not the Fatherhood of God, but the Babyhood of God—God became the weakest thing in His own creation, and in flesh… Continue reading

  • Peace, Earthlings!

    To all of you ….     Whatever you believe …         From whatever direction you come …             Right or left …                 North or south …                     East or… Continue reading

  • In Swaddling Clothes

    Wrapped in vulnerability, Love descended … exposed to the elements … exposed to threat  and danger … exposed, vulnerable, human … Love: Incarnate … invisible divinity and visible humanity. Love … an open target … a viable opportunity to align… Continue reading

  • George Bailey for President

    That was in 2013. What would I say today? Well, more and less. Continue reading

  • Good morning, Lord who never sleeps

    Our God, today,To-Day — preposition, TO …Going forward into the DAY.Today, I come, going forward.Today, I seek You and I seek Your will.Why?You seem to ask that a lot of me.I've learned not to ask it so much of You.But… Continue reading

  • A Wretch Like Me

      “O wretched man that I am! who shall deliver me from the body of this death?” – Romans 7:24  “Because thou sayest, I am rich, and increased with goods, and have need of nothing; and knowest not that thou… Continue reading

  • Transience and Permanence

    "Heaven and earth shall pass away, but my words shall not pass away." -Matthew 24:35  When I was a child, I believed that our house was the most solid reality in my life. I could not conceive of a time… Continue reading

  • Living in Expectation

    "But of that day and hour no one knows, not even the angels of heaven, but My Father only.” Matthew 24:36 We knew she was coming sometime, just not when. We knew that every day brought the visit closer, but… Continue reading

  • A Tale of Two Churches

    He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches. (Revelation 3:6) Not everyone can hear what the Spirit is saying to the churches, but a far greater number simply refuse to hear in a deep… Continue reading

  • Lights on the Tree of Life

    “In him was life; and the life was the light of men. And the light shineth in darkness; and the darkness comprehended it not.”  John 1:4-5 By now, your community is lighted with beautiful reminders of the Christmas season. The… Continue reading

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