“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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  • Our Dwelling Place

    Life is a process. Real life is no shallow exercise of mundane motions, but an interwoven tapestry of threads that journey through, across, and deep within the relationships of many threads and weaves until a unity emerges. Here is Psalm… Continue reading

  • Theotokos

      "Theotokos" means "God-bearer."  Rachmaninov composed it as a tribute to Mary, who bore the Son of God and in whom God was incarnate, appealing to her prayers on our behalf. That being said, are you not a God-bearer in… Continue reading

  • Abide

    In Psalm 88, the singer of psalms is distressed and overwhelmed with a sense of alienation. He feels that his condition is so revolting that his friends, loved ones, and even God cannot bear to look upon him. He cannot… Continue reading

  • There Are No Small Assingments

      Are you "stuck" in work you feel is insignificant and at the lowest place on the chain of importance? Are you doing menial work when you feel you have a greater calling? Look at David. His entire schooling was… Continue reading

  • Hating Nineveh

    We don’t want to hear it or admit it, but sometimes we hate people more than we love God. We are sitting under our dead bushes, looking over the city where we have misrepresented God as hateful and malicious because… Continue reading

  • Kumbaya!

    Khumbaya, my Lord! Come by here.Yes. Yes. Yes.Make a way.Come and speak..Come and touch.Come and lead.Come and sit awhile among us.Come, instruct us.Come, teach us.Come and correct the errors of our ways … including …Several misconceptions of You and how we… Continue reading

  • Striking the Balance

        "Be careful not to practice your righteousness in front of others to be seen by them. If you do, you will have no reward from your Father in heaven."Practicing your righteousness before men." – Matthew 6:1 NIV I… Continue reading

  • Secret Prayer

    Prayer is not a scholastic exercise. It is relationship. Continue reading

  • Broken Weapons

      Break them again, Lord. Wouldn't it be something if every army and violent fraternity on earth woke up in the morning and none of their weapons worked? What would that be like? What it their knuckles had no punch?… Continue reading

  • The Word that Pronounces All Judgment

    Not a harsh word, is the word spoken to our condition. There is no need. Nor, is it a condemning word in tone or force. Truth rejected cannot forever be avoided. There is a built-in condemnation when all the Universe… Continue reading

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