“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

  • Keep Training

        Severe discipline is a way of describing tough, hard, strenuous training. If you get it, it is because God considers you qualified for it. It means He has confidence in you, in His ability to qualify you more… Continue reading

  • Collective/Generational Sin +Collective/Generational Repentance = Freedom

      Laying the American ideal of rugged individualism and strictly personal sin and forgiveness aside for a moment, let us revisit the concept of collective sin, repentance, and piety that walks alongside the personal When we say we have no… Continue reading

  • Wake Walking

      I am wake-walking through a garden of dreams, eyes open, heart pounding, life-affirming. I am dreaming within a dream of dreams yet to be. My heart is full of emptiness being filled and refilled. My life is an adventure… Continue reading

  • Moral Equivalence

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  • What Your Soul Magnifies

    “And Mary said, My soul doth magnify the Lord …” – Luke 1:46 The Magnificat remains one of the most glorious expressions of praise in all of musical literature. Perhaps, someday, in Heaven, God will allow us to hear a… Continue reading

  • Weeping and Well

    "But David went up the ascent of the Mount of Olives, weeping as he went, barefoot and with his head covered. And all the people who were with him covered their heads, and they went up, weeping as they went.… Continue reading

  • Preaching an Expository Message from the Lectionary to the Issue of White Supremacy (or any news) – Rough Notes

      Long title … More in the sub-title. How can you be prophetic in the moment and on-topic without reverting to topical messages?  You are feeling overwhelmed, beleaguered, and conflicted. If you are called to receive a message and deliver… Continue reading

  • When I Rose This Morning

    Are you up yet? Are you awake?How about those feet? Any tappin' happening?Are you ready for the day? Have you met the Master?It's still early. There's still hope for today.Let's do it!     Continue reading

  • On the Line

    Few of us experience such a dramatic choice or challenge – the face almost certain death for an ideal, a dream, or the call to take a stand … … or for glory! Consider if you are prepared to die.… Continue reading

  • Let’s Grow Old

    "At twenty a man is full of fight and hope. He wants to reform the world. When he's seventy he still wants to reform the world, but he knows he can't." - Clarence S. Darrow I guess I'll have to wait… Continue reading

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