“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

"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

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

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

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

  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

I shall write this book, and have begun: Spiritual Disciplines for Highly Distracted Souls. I shall finish if I can concentrate enough to do so . Some of you know exactly what I mean. And you are the folks who… Continue reading

  Beyond our opinions of others or their opinions of us as we live in our own times, is the boisterous internal argument about the significance of our lives. More than the legacy that we shall leave and the memories… Continue reading

God is perfectly capable of defending God's own honor. We struggle with it. We can't even agree on what it is. We are multi-polar in our emPHASes. We are indignant when the world does not give proper respect to the… Continue reading

Heart first this morning, every morning, overflowing with a pleasing theme, a sense of centering, and longing for that which is ultimate, eternal, and true, for God. This is the beginning. It is not emotional, but it emotes. It is… Continue reading