Very Alone Psalm 12:1  – Help, Lord, for the godly are no more; the faithful have vanished from among men. Do you feel alone in your spiritual journey? Do you imagine that you are the only person in your school,… Continue reading

It is the very struggle that moves us forward. Sometimes the hero needs a hero to give him courage to take his last stand. It is about the Quest! "You must fight and it doesn't matter whether you win or… Continue reading

"For He knows our frame. He remembers that we are dust." – Psalm 103:14, ESV Have you ever felt like dust? It is not so bad. From dust we came and to dust we return. We are well-organized dust. Isn't… Continue reading

“And he changeth the times and the seasons … “ Daniel 2:21a Life goes on. The seasons of life proceed in progression. The secular envelopes the sacred in the culture. Seasonal and holiday decorations come down; Plants and flowers start… Continue reading

I have boxes of notes. Some are disorganized, wrongly categorized, and undated, but they have had and may continue to have a function in my life. You see, somewhere in the maze of thinking that occupies the landscape of my… Continue reading

  There is a seemingly disingenuous urge on the part of practitioners of spiritual things to shun strategic planning as something outside the realm of the Spirit. It is as if we do not believe God cannot enter into the… Continue reading

Small movements and beginnings are only small if all we measure is the present. Retrospective views widen our understanding and inform our sense of purpose in every moment. Small is small thinking and small doing. What is of little account… Continue reading

Between times of strengthening, what shall we do? We go. We go. We go. "They go from strength to strength; each one appears before God in Zion.'' (from  Psalm 84) There are times and places of meeting, encounter, and refreshing in… Continue reading

I found these notes in my online scribbles from 2010. There are not two sides to an issue. There are at least 360. Most issues are more circular than linear. Today's adversarial form of politics is producing unintended consequences that… Continue reading

When he awoke from his despair,Daylight spoke; the sky was fair.April pierced the winter night.Faith had come, restoring sight. ———————————– Jesus, hope of dying men,Mover of the heart and pen,Move my heart to pen some phase,That may return to Thee… Continue reading