“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

  • The Moral Fool

    The psalmist is talking about moral fools, people of power who plunder the poor and helpless as if there were no God of justice and truth to whom they must give account. The proof of reverence for God is, in… Continue reading

  • Reporting for Duty

    I also am flawed, very flawed, very vulnerable, imperfect, and needy. I limp to your altar. I am unkempt, unshaven, a bit battered, and joyfully expectant. Clean me up, Lord and send me out. Grace – I drink it and… Continue reading

  • Who Cares?

    If it seems that no one cares, you might be right. Sometimes it is relatively true. No one cares or shows care to the extent that we perceive we need. We look around and all are about their own concerns.… Continue reading

  • Apalled

      To be appalled is to turn ashen gray. It comes upon us suddenly in response to something so shocking that it effects the supply of blood to our brains. A pall is a a cloak that often covers a… Continue reading

  • Have You Considered My Servant, Job?

    And the LORD said unto Satan, Hast thou considered my servant Job, that there is none like him in the earth, a perfect and an upright man, one that feareth God, and escheweth evil? – Job 1:8 This was a… Continue reading

  • Sometimes You’ve Gotta Run

    "Jesus, knowing that they intended to come and make him king by force, withdrew again to a mountain by himself." – John 6:15, NIV You're no Jesus, but if you follow Him, He will work through you at times in such… Continue reading

  • We too often despise the little we have available, but time and experience have often taught us that multiplication and leverage have been built into the fabric of God's universe by God Himself and that when Jesus and His words… Continue reading

  • How Much for a Some of that Power?

    We want the power that comes from having God on our side. If that is not readily available, we will find a God that will be or we will create one. We are predisposed through our old nature to accumulate… Continue reading

  • You Have Seen, But You Do Not Believe

    In John 6, Jesus has been asked for big signs, bigger than the mass feedings, bigger than walking on water, bigger than calming the sea, more like daily food for the rest of everyone's life. "Lord, always give us this… Continue reading

  • “They Say So …”

      It was Thomas Fuller who penned, ""They say so is half a lie." Fuller was a year younger than I am now when he died in 1661, but he lived long enough to grasp this reality. I have as… Continue reading

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