“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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  • From “On This Day” – Random Posts from Earlier Years

    This, I believe, was my last gout attack about seven years ago. Before 2009, I had them fairly regularly. I have had some rough times since then, but few things as intensely painful – and all concentrated in one joint… Continue reading

  • Grow and Keep Growing

    GROW Acronym — I had to throw together a speech for a parenting class and for a parenting educators a few years ago. Both were graduating. The applications were slightly different as were the illustrations, but the outline was the… Continue reading

  • The Word that Rules

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  • We cannot love our neighbors as ourselves if we refuse to take the effort to see the world through our neighbors' eyes or try to imagine life in his or her skin. We cannot love our neighbor without learning to… Continue reading

  • προφητεία – Tell It Forth

    Prophecy – προφητεία – is "forth-telling" rather than just "fore-telling." It is speaking truth forward in proclamation and even in speaking encouragement toward a future reality that is understood through insights that God gives. It is not clairvoyance or mere… Continue reading

  • You Know My Folly

    "You, God, know my folly;my guilt is not hidden from you." – Psalm 69:5, NIV I do not know your folly. I am not absolutely certain that I know my own. God knows. Some may consider this bad news.  I… Continue reading

  • This Lamb is a Lion

    "They will wage war against the Lamb, but the Lamb will triumph over them because he is Lord of lords and King of kings—and with him will be his called, chosen and faithful followers.” – Revelation 17:14, NIV   It may seem like… Continue reading

  • I Will Keep On

    "Go and tell that fox …" Even in the flesh, Jesus is unperturbed by threats and plots. He says, "I will keep on doing the good I am doing and I will finish my course." That is all that is… Continue reading

  • Bring in the King

    "Thy Kingdom come; Thy will be done on earth as it is in Heaven." Come tomorrow … Come tomorrow, what if Christians in our nation would make some resolutions like those I humbly and tentatively suggest below? I can only… Continue reading

  • Thou Shalt Not Be Rattled

    "Direct your steps to the perpetual ruins;the enemy has destroyed everything in the sanctuary!"– Psalm 74:3, ESV Sometimes it seems hopeless; we feel invaded; conquistadors have entered the sanctuary and dismantled the holy places, desecrating all that is sacred. We… Continue reading

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