God of readiness, of constancy, and of mystery,Invade me, overthrow my stubborn reluctance and Disperse my stagnant sentries who stagger the soulAnd stalwartly resist that which you insist will set me free. Mercy and grace be Your weapons of invasion,My… Continue reading

“Thou hast given a banner to them that fear thee, that it may be displayed because of the truth. Selah. “ – Psalm 60:4 We all march under one banner or another. In a battle, it takes a courageous soldier… Continue reading

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

How do we know it is God? Familiarity is the answer. Continue reading

What do these three paragraphs have to do with each other? I don’t know … One was about violence; one about prayer; one about diplomacy. None had easy answers – just feelings and questions. If we want answers, we need… Continue reading

Good morning, good souls. Hear ye, hear ye. Court is in session. All rise! The honorable you are presiding over your day, your choices, and your responses to all sorts of evidence suggesting that it might be a bad day.… Continue reading

Living in a comfort zone is like pulling off at a rest stop on one's journey, pitching a tent, and calling it home while the world passes by on the way to multiple destinations one will never reach. It's comfortable,… Continue reading

The sacrament of failure was observed in timely fashion …with suitable dignity …and appropriate simplicity …time honored liturgy. Continue reading

We face a fearsome, fierce todayYet, trembling through, I stand to say that I shall stay,But only if I may, kneel along the wayTo pray. Continue reading

Faith embraces that which flickersIn the darkness far beyond our graspWhose enlightened silence whispersIn ears that hear with hands that clasp. Continue reading