“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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  • Summer and Winter

    “Thou hast set all the borders of the earth: thou hast made summer and winter.” – Psalm 74:17 “In the bleak midwinter, frosty wind made moan, Earth stood hard as iron, water like a stone; Snow had fallen, snow on… Continue reading

  • Tongues of fire descended … and something individual happened. Lighting upon each …dividing … They united all in one Spirit. A paradoxical contradiction connected multiple languages,traditions, and customs into curious Oneness. What could not be achieved by ingenuity,invention, or inquisitive… Continue reading

  • The Long Shadow

      We all cast a shadow in our lives and we all provide snapshots of ourselves in the lives of the people we meet that last long past the moment in which they were engraved upon our hearts and minds.… Continue reading

  • Shaggy Dog Prayers

    Every forlorn and desperate psalm is an invitation for us to come to God in very honest prayer. Continue reading

  • Answering Critics

      Should a person always answer his or her critics? It is our impulse. We might feel that silence implies vacillation, lack of courage, or unwillingness to engage. Perhaps, sometimes, it does. At other times, it merely indicates a feeling… Continue reading

  • Keeping Up with IVA

    Integrity, Vulnerability, and Authenticity - IVA Are you real? You know the answer, but the clincher is how people perceive you. Do you come across as real? If not, you are paying a high price because your credibility account is overdrawn… Continue reading

  • Be a Builder

    The wise woman builds her house,  but with her own hands the foolish one tears hers down. – Proverbs 14:1 Are you a builder or a destroyer? Some of us are on life's demolition crew and others are on the… Continue reading

  • One Thing I Have Asked

    To ask, to seek, to dwell, to gaze, to inquire.Mix them up, stir them around, or take them in reverse.You could do them all at once.You could take them in order.It is a simple "ask" that ushers in a progression… Continue reading

  • Seeking Savior

    “For the Son of man is come to seek and to save that which was lost.” – Luke 19:10 This simple word from the Master answers the criticism of stale religionists that He was spending too much time with sinners.… Continue reading