“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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  • Don’t Die with an Empty Bucket List

      Don't let your bucket list go empty … Keep things moving out, but replace them regularly. Plan to die with some things undone for others to take up and do. Never stop looking forward. Eventually, your gaze will be… Continue reading

  • Extraordinary, Audacious, and Joyful

    I wish for you all a day filled with extraordinary, audacious, and joyful success. May it be extraordinary because we were never called to be merely ordinary. We were called, fashioned,ad equipped to do the one job no one else… Continue reading

  • Behold the Lamb

    “… Behold the Lamb of God, which taketh away the sin of the world.” – John 1:29 It is not enough to have a theoretical understanding of God’s redemption through Jesus and how He came to fulfill the Old Testament… Continue reading

  • So the Lord Has Mercy

    Psalm 103:13, Like as a father pitieth his children, so the LORD pitieth them that fear him. The love of God is a tender love. It is a father’s love. It is a patient love, understanding, compassionate, forgiving, and gracious.… Continue reading

  • Days as Grass

    “As for man, his days are as grass: as a flower of the field, so he flourisheth.” – Psalm 103:15 For our season, whatever it may be, we flourish. Then comes the wind and we are gone. Soon, the very… Continue reading

  • Blessing God

    "Bless the Lord, O my soul … and all that is within me …” Psalms 103:1  Audacity and capacity are issues that are triggered by this prayer as it is suggested to us.  It is audacious to think that we… Continue reading

  • Today’s Acronym for TODAY

    T – A TIC on the tic-toc scale, a TIPPING point in TIME, TO-BE written. O – OPPORTUNITIES abound, obstacles obscure, but do not overwhelm. D – DOING is immediate. I cannot just being materializes into doing. I must DO.… Continue reading

  • Bible in the Raw

    To be honest, there are parts of the Bible I sometimes wish would go away. But, to be honest, those are the honest parts — where someone lets his or her humanity hang out and be viewed and scrutinized. In… Continue reading

  • Strive to Rest

    Whatever it takes, let us enter rest. I am philosophically, and paradoxically amused by the concept of striving to enter rest and still, I get it. I get it on the day before every day off or vacation. I get… Continue reading

  • Prayer of One Who Is Known

      Oh God, who sees me, knows me, and loves me while seeing through my pretensions. There is nothing I can tell you about myself that you do not already know. I am laid bare by your penetrating gaze and… Continue reading