“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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  • There is intensity in the beauty of the common place.

    There is intensity in the beauty of the common place.' There is concentrated grace in the focused moment. There is love bundled and rising in the most mundane. There in loveliness in the uncritical view. Sometimes we capture it with… Continue reading

  • Spiritual Deficit?

    Do not assume that all your troubles are a spiritual deficit in your life. They may, however, be a profound spiritual opportunity for asking deeper questions, exploring deeper waters, and seeking and knowing God more deeply. " All this has… Continue reading

  • Verify – Trust or Not

    доверяй, но проверяй, (Trust, but verify) Ronald Reagan used that quote with the Secretary General. Mikhail Gorbachev responded, "You repeat that at every meeting". Reagan answered, "I like it". Gorbachev quoted Ralph Waldo Emerson:  "The reward of a thing well done is… Continue reading

  • Trust or Not, Verify

    доверяй, но проверяй, (Trust, but verify) Ronald Reagan used that quote with the Secretary General. Mikhail Gorbachev responded, “You repeat that at every meeting”. Reagan answered, “I like it”. Gorbachev quoted Ralph Waldo Emerson:  “The reward of a thing well… Continue reading

  • Converted

    Submission for Paul meant being what God had called him to be, going where God had called him to go, and doing and saying what God had called him to do and to say. It is no different for us.… Continue reading

  • Hazards of Zoom Meetings

    Pardon the clickbait. Zoom is a great tool. I swear by it and use it multiple times a day — without injury. Every so often, I have a catastrophe just to check and see if anyone is reading my streams,… Continue reading

  • Don’t Let Them Yank Your Chain! — Tom Sims – Buymeacoffee

    Election Day is always coming. But, in between, it is Wednesday. "They are going to try and yank your chain. via buymeacoffee.com Continue reading

  • Welcome

    “When you reap the harvest of your land, do not reap to the very edges of your field or gather the gleanings of your harvest. Leave them for the poor and for the foreigner residing among you. I am the… Continue reading