“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

  • Your Faith Has Not Failed

    "“Simon, Simon, behold, Satan demanded to have you, that he might sift you like wheat, but I have prayed for you that your faith may not fail. And when you have turned again, strengthen your brothers.” Peter said to him,… Continue reading

  • Some Quotes by Dag Hammarskjöld

    Dag Hammarskjöld was a great diplomat, writer, thinker, and Christian. Among the many things he said and wrote are these words: It is easy to be nice, even to an enemy – from lack of character. The only kind of… Continue reading

  • Trespasser Strike

    Words can frame our thinking, smooth over the rough edges of reality, and divert our sympathies while dulling our revulsion to the mental vision of unspeakable tragedy. Someone had died that night. The rest of us were simply inconvenienced. Someone… Continue reading

  • Loose Pictures and Reflections from Recent Years

    From Israel, 2014: Continue reading

  • An Option When Falsely Accused and Other Past Posts

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  • I Just Don’t Fit In — GOOD!

    You may not “belong” here, but while you are here, you can make a difference. If you are a Jesus Follower, you tend to filter every notion, cliche, issue, and nuance through that one basic commitment and …… and you… Continue reading

  • Fear or No Fear

    We have the the need to stand dumb-struck in the presence of Anselm’s “that than which nothing greater can be thought.” When we confront that fear and are overwhelmed by it, we see that it is enveloped in love and… Continue reading

  • Life Lessons and Tools from a Salesman

    My grandfather was a master, finish carpenter.  His son, my father, was not. He dabbled and actually had some very fine projects like a room addition and an attic conversion. He liked the idea of using tools to make toys… Continue reading

  • Where Are You Going?

      In Psalm 66:12, The psalmist decla res that God let men ride over their heads, that they, his people, went through fire and water, and then, "you brought us to a place of abundance." The simple question today is… Continue reading

  • Good Morning Tonight and Tomorrow

      I have missed you. That is what happens when I go silent. I miss you. When I am silent, it is difficult to hear you breath or listen or respond. I thought about you and wished you today what… Continue reading

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