“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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  • “Nothing of importance happened this day …”

    Happy Birthday, America. May you always lift your lamp beside the golden door. May you always provide a home for the huddled masses yearning to breath free. Such were my people who came to these shores and found a home… Continue reading

  • Random Thoughts on Independence Day – Woven and Dangling

      America was born on the edge and its edgy pioneers kept moving the edge farther and farther into the risky unknown. Safety & security were servants of greater principles of freedom, truth, justice. We would die climbing higher and… Continue reading

  • The Day Calls

    The day calls.It cries with harsh urgency.It commands and harasses us into submission to get up and going …… yet, where?So …We pause.We wait.We connect and collect.We listen.We lift up our souls.Then we move. " Let me hear in the… Continue reading

  • Via Dolorosa

    The Via Dolorosa was no pristine, unblemished path that bypassed the cities or the faces in the crowds. It meandered tight spaces where the disturbance was a movement pushing aside the crowds. The abuses were hurled and people went on… Continue reading

  • Where He Leads Me

      Over 54 years ago, a little boy sang along with the congregation, this hymn. But for him, it was more than a song. It was a prayer. It was a commitment. I made it. I was 8 and I… Continue reading

  • An Inventory

    Audacious, if yet, tentative faith in God to save by many or by few. Continue reading

  • No More of This

    With a message by https://vimeo.com/108167313 . Continue reading

  • Power Addiction

    "Now when Simon saw that the Spirit was given through the laying on of the apostles' hands, he offered them money, saying, 'Give me this power also, so that anyone on whom I lay my hands may receive the Holy… Continue reading

  • The Jesus Miracle Show that Went Bust

    "So he questioned him at some length, but he made no answer." – Luke 23:9 (ESV) Religious entertainment was cancelled for the day. Herod finally got a chance to meet Jesus, hoping for a miracle show. He had been wanted… Continue reading

  • Sins of the Fathers and Other Tidbits

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