“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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  • Meanwhile, Back in 1970

      It was 1970 and I was in high school, sitting in my room, doing homework or writing, listening to the top 30 station. I could not be prepared for what I heard next. It jarred me, awakened my heart,… Continue reading

  • Don’t Give Up

    Your value is not diminished by your failures. Nor is it enhanced by your lack of failures. Continue reading

  • National Doughnut Day Every Day

    There are “God-Made” Holy Days and “man-made” special days and God made every day for celebration of life and commemoration of His presence. John saw a vision of a day when our experience of God’s blessings would be consistent, day… Continue reading

  • Pyrocardia – A Heart on Fire – Energized Living

    The passionate devotion of one man or woman can light a fire that cannot be extinguished by discouragement or hardship. One person set afire by the Holy Spirit can inflame an entire community for Christ. Continue reading

  • “One Anothering” One Another

    It is hard to be humble against the backdrop of thunderous applause, but that is our calling, to always be pushing people out in front of us and lifting them higher than ourselves. Continue reading

  • No investment is more powerful than time. Invest in things that matter. Continue reading

  • Beauty Assignment

    Your assignment, should you choose to accept it. Find the beauty around you. Step one – Open your eyes. Step two – Open your heart. Step three – Open your arms to embrace it. Step four – Open your mouth… Continue reading

  • Go and Do Likewise

    Go; live like an outcast among outcasts if you must, but practice love as you go. Love is not revealed in the words we speak or the sentiments we feel, but in the actions we take in being neighbors to… Continue reading

  • Sincere Love

    Romans 12:9 – Let love be without dissimulation. Abhor that which is evil; cleave to that which is good. There is much in the world that disguises itself as love. Out of the noisy menagerie of voices declaring what true… Continue reading

  • Stuck

    It is really hard to move anything with the brakes on. Continue reading