“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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  • Making a Living or a Difference

      We choose how we will spend our time. It is a commodity that is not renewable, but with proper stewardship, it can be maximized. It is ironic, but true, that our decisions about expenditures of time will determine the… Continue reading

  • Safe Thus Far

    He brought me up also out of an horrible pit, out of the miry clay, and set my feet upon a rock, and established my goings. - Psalm 40:2  Grace Has Brought Me Safe Thus Far I tread cautiously on the… Continue reading

  • Just Show Up

      Just showing up. Maria Shriver said this about her father Sargent Shriver, "He showed us how to show up in other people's lives." What a gift – to be able to show up in other people's lives … positively… Continue reading

  • Tiny Choices

    This is a full day – But what day isn't?We fill it with something … usually a choice.Always a choice?Many choices?Tiny, miniscule choices … autonomic, preconditioned choices …Choices we have ceased to monitor.Pellets of purpose converging, coalescing, cascading …Becoming bigger… Continue reading

  • Set Not Your Heart on Them

    We've lived long enough to know that power can be stripped bare and become as lowly as the fleeting breath of the ordinary soul. Power, wealth, position, and prestige are rather frail. The ability to buy favor will fade. Riches… Continue reading

  • A Reflection on Worship from Psalm 50

    The mighty God, even the Lord, hath spoken, and called the earth from the rising of the sun unto the going down thereof.  – Psalm 50:10 The call to worship that resounds throughout history is an evangelistic call. It is… Continue reading

  • Unsearchable Greatness

    "Unsearchable greatness" means that there is no laboratory big enough, or any laboratory conditions vast enough, constant enough, nor sophisticated enough to fully evaluate, calculate, nor designate the "science of God." The variable extend beyond our grasp. The constants are… Continue reading

  • Turning Feet

      “I thought on my ways, and turned my feet unto thy testimonies. “ Psalm 119:59 What can turn you around? There is divine meeting place between you and God and you have an appointment to meet Him there. It… Continue reading

  • Comforting Word

    “Remember the word unto thy servant, upon which thou hast caused me to hope. This is my comfort in my affliction: for thy word hath quickened me.” Psalm 119:49-50 God’s Word brings us life and in the gift of life,… Continue reading

  • A Introduction to Smiling

    The advantages to smiling are both documented and anecdotal. Here is how. Can it be that smiling makes us smarter too? Continue reading