“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

  • 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

  • Keep Going On

      You've got to keep going on, my friend.Somebody is in a storm today. I just know it is true.In my spirit, His Spirit is praying for you.I don't have to know … but if you want to tell me,… Continue reading

  • Write It Down

      I have boxes of notes. Some are disorganized, mis-categorized, and undated, but they have had and may continue to have a function in my life. You see, somewhere in the maze of thinking that occupies the landscape of my… Continue reading

  • When We’ve Been There Ten Thousand Years

    "For a thousand years in thy sight are but as yesterday when it is past, and as a watch in the night." – Psalm 90:4 " But, beloved, be not ignorant of this one thing, that one day is with… Continue reading

  • The View from the Seeking Eye

    Popular television shows aside, we are all looking for a view, viewpoint, or overview that begets perspective on lives that are otherwise, quite confusing. What do we do? What do we think? How do we filter in the essential and… Continue reading

  • Have You Considered My Servant, Job? The Question Is the Answer

    Have You Considered My Servant, Job? Here is the deal. God, on speaking terms if not friendly terms, asks the adversary (His, ours, everyone's) if he has thought about Job. Job is a good guy, one of the original good… Continue reading

  • Lift

          I was lifting weights.  I suppose I lifted a bit too much — or for too long — or on top of an injury — or something. No pain, no gain. I know and embrace that. I… Continue reading

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