Being awake is more than a condition, it is a command for living. So, I am musing over it "acroymically." A=ATTENTION – I've heard this as a command as you have. It usually sounds like a short "a" with a dramatic… Continue reading

The vicious downward cycle of idolatry is that we construct gods in our own image that decay at a rate faster than we do. In worshiping them, we become like them through imitation, complacency, and decay. Then, the next round… Continue reading

"'Tut, tut child,'" said the Duchess. 'Everythings got a moral if only you can find it.'" Lewis Carroll, Alice in Wonderland Everything. We are not all stuck in a Carollian Wonderland. Or are we? We are all observers of the stories… Continue reading

  Just an acronym for TODAY: TIME – Today is certainly a matter of timing. It is now, the time you are in, the only time you can be sure you have. Use it or abuse it; it is what it… Continue reading

https://heartofashepherd.com/2015/11/30/psalm-331-12-a-primer-on-worship-and-praise/   “Sing unto him a new song; play skillfully with a loud noise.” – Psalm 33:3 There are three things that God reminds us of today that He would like for us to offer Him in worship. The first… Continue reading

"To climb steep hills … requires slow pace at first." – Shakespeare The bard was right. Climbing is difficult and arduous, but it is the only way up. Whether we climb quickly or slowly, it is a process. As Jonathan rallied his… Continue reading

I am grateful today and thus I humbly pray. This latitude of gratitude capacity endued Shall follow on my way, post Thanksgiving Day. Throughout this time of sublime reminder, May the God of grace make me kinder, gentler, Giddy in… Continue reading

Faith, in itself, is a kind of leaning. Blessing others, we lean into them. Proclaiming the blessing as if already accomplished, is a leaning into the future with faith. Worshiping is leaning into God. Continue reading

The secret of endurance as discovered by Moses … "he endured as seeing Him who is invisible." (Hebrews 11:27b, NKJV)  Seeing the invisible God. It really goes to the heart of faith for people of faith. We deal in that… Continue reading

Moral courage is a rare commodity! Continue reading