“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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Latest Posts

  • A Prayer of Renewal

    This, I pray, of my volition, Alter Thou, my disposition. Amen Continue reading

  • Redirected Energy

    While we are called to work for justice for others and to hold out the way of righteousness, repentance, and grace, it is not our assignment to exercise judgment – even within our own minds and hearts. Continue reading

  • When God Laughs

    It is not that He enjoys our pain, but that He sees the irony of our arrogance and it stirs that perfect emotion in Him that we experience imperfectly as poetic justice. Continue reading

  • Running to God – Reflections on Psalm 38

    He runs to God in worship — whatever outlet of worship is available and thrusts the guilt and all the accompanying insecurity, despair, depression, feelings and reality of persecutions, and anything connected or perceived to be connected to sin before… Continue reading

  • The Wide Place

      Where is the wide place, the place of latitude, creativity, individual expression, freedom, and joy? It is not in the realm of structure-less ambiguity or undefined purpose. It is within the safety and stability of truth. There we find… Continue reading

  • Trembling and Astonishment

      "And they went out and fled from the tomb, for trembling and astonishment had seized them, and they said nothing to anyone, for they were afraid." – Mark 16:8 To be seized by trembling and astonishment is no small… Continue reading

  • Coming to the End to Begin Again

    "At the end of the days I, Nebuchadnezzar, lifted my eyes to heaven, and my reason returned to me, and I blessed the Most High, and praised and honored him who lives forever…" – Daniel 4:34, ESV To come to… Continue reading

  • Risen Indeed

    It is scandalous… he walked in. He stared into the mouth of death and entered the sepulchre … He believed before he understood. Understanding would take some time. Believing took one moment. Continue reading

  • Doubting Thomas?

    Mine was not an optimistic faith. That came later. Mine was despairing loyalty. So, when he said he was going back to Judea where people were waiting … conspiring … actively seeking to kill him, I said, “let’s go.” Continue reading

  • He Told You

    The disciples did not need new information to understand the resurrection; they needed the illumination that comes when God suddenly turns on the lights in our personal experience of His grace. Continue reading

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