“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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  • Passion on a Shoestring

      From "The Shoestring Conspiracy" – Passion Let's face it. No ministry has enough resources to do everything God has called it to do. Churches are not goldmines. We often have to start small and do ministry on a shoestring.… Continue reading

  • It Is Done

        "The seventh angel poured out his bowl into the air, and a loud voice came out of the temple, from the throne, saying, 'It is done.'" – Revelation 16:17, ESV There will come a time when "it is… Continue reading

  • I Have Already Come

       And I said unto him, Sir, thou knowest. And he said to me, These are they which came out of great tribulation, and have washed their robes, and made them white in the blood of the Lamb.  -Revelation 7:14 … Continue reading

  • Let Me Be an Instrument

    It is enough to be instruments. Peace is the end in itself.     Peace cannot be defined by what it is not. It is not the absence of conflict. It is more. It is not the cessation of violence.… Continue reading

  • Seeds and Such

     “Another parable put he forth unto them, saying, The kingdom of heaven is likened unto a man which sowed good seed in his field … He that soweth the good seed is the Son of man;  The field is the… Continue reading

  • Blessing God, Tender Love, and Days as Grass – Selections from Psalm 103

    Blessing God “Bless the Lord, O my soul … and all that is within me …” Psalms 103:1 Audacity and capacity are issues that are triggered by this prayer as it is suggested to us.  It is audacious to think… Continue reading

  • A Moment Well Done

    I am mediating on the power of a moment well done. Moments create momentum without being obvious or ostentatious. Momentous moments motion us over and envelop us like a cloud and then … Pass over. Missing moments is a mournful… Continue reading

  • Reflections on Psalm 40

        I waited patiently for the Lord;    he turned to me and heard my cry.He lifted me out of the slimy pit,    out of the mud and mire;he set my feet on a rock    and gave me a firm place to stand.He put a new song in… Continue reading

  • It Calls for Wisdom

    "This calls for wisdom …" – Revelation 13:18 Rather than trying to figure out who the ultimate and last deceiver, trickster, miracle worker, and en-slaver of souls is, one might be better informed to ask, "Who or what is it… Continue reading

  • What does it mean "to bless?" How do we bless? Here is an acronym for what it might mean for us to bless others. B = Being. We first bless by being who and what we are. It is our… Continue reading

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