“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

  • Birthday Generosity

    I Gave My Birthday Away — and You Can Too Turning Personal Milestones Into Community Good As we get older, many of us find that we need fewer things. Our wants change. Our closets fill up. What grows instead is… Continue reading

  • Faith for a New Year

    Faith, according to Hebrews 11:1 is substantive and evidential in and of itself. Does that suggest that faith in anything proves the thing? Yes and no. Yes, faith, because of divine and universal principles set in motion from the time… Continue reading

  • Seasons

    To everything there is a season, and a time to every purpose under heaven. – Ecclesiastes 3:1 Our God breaths upon time and space and enters into our sphere, moving with rhythmic precision and thoughtful order, shaping events, turning tides,… Continue reading

  • The Tadpole and the Caterpillar

    NEW BIRTH “Marvel not that I said unto thee, Ye must be born again.” – John 3:7 Back in 1978, Barry McGuire wanted to help his little boy understand the new birth experience that had taken him by surprise. So,… Continue reading

  • Defect Removal and Help

    “ The Son of Man came to seek and to save what was lost.”  – Luke 19:10 (NIV) The Lord is entirely ready to remove our defects of character when we are entirely ready to have Him do so. He… Continue reading

  • All Wet or Fired Up

    Matthew 3:1–12 — John the Baptist Prepares the Way Excerpted from https://tomsims.substack.com/p/fired-up It was a time when religion, even good religion and theology, had become empty ritual for so many. It was a time when many were longing for something authentic in their… Continue reading

  • Wisdom Can Get Loud Sometimes

    Proverbs 8 – A Short Study Proverbs 8 – NIV  1 Does not wisdom call out?       Does not understanding raise her voice?  2 On the heights along the way,       where the paths meet, she takes her stand;  3 beside the… Continue reading

  • It Gets Specific

    When He Was Born ” “Now when Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judaea in the days of Herod the king, behold, there came wise men from the east to Jerusalem, Saying, Where is he that is born King of… Continue reading

  • Yes, There Was and Is a St. Nick

    The True Story Behind Saint Nicholas and the Spirit of Giving The story of Saint Nicholas begins with a simple, humble man born around 270 AD in what is now modern-day Turkey, in a town called Myra. He was also… Continue reading

  • A Lonely Christmas

    “Fear thou not, for I am with thee …” Isaiah 41:10 It was getting close to Christmas again. Normally, it was time to bring out the candles, decorations, and mementos of Christmas past. Maria would have started early baking and… Continue reading

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