“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

  • Big Dream Day on Facebook – Reprise

    It is Big Dream Day on Facebook. Live the dream. Read the links in the comments! Be encouraged. Look for the dream inside of, the one that has been given to you, planted in your heart, burning inside your soul.… Continue reading

  • A Tract on Spiritual TRACTion

    Actually, a prayer … Options Father … I am a "dis-tractable" soul. You know that and I know that and I am amazed how You have accommodated that in me and taught me to manage within the margins of my… Continue reading

  • Yesterday was a true day of rest. God imposed it upon me. That happens and I roll with it. My agenda did not work. Today is a new day. I've been up since a little before 3 and I've had… Continue reading

  • Facebook Excerpts from Recent Posts

    I was shocked to see how lomng it had been since my last blog entry. i post daily to Facebook. All Facebook posts go to Twitter. All blog posts go to Faceboook, but these do not reciprocate to the Dream… Continue reading

  • When Public People Fall

    Public people make big public blunders and big public bad choices and sometimes, their sins look very ugly amplified in the multiple media. Sometimes they really are ugly, almost as ugly as mine. Our instinct is to hide pour ugliness.… Continue reading

  • Darkness and Light – Sermon Notes

    Darkness and Light Isaiah 9:2-7 King James Version (KJV) "(2)The people that walked in darkness have seen a great light: they that dwell in the land of the shadow of death, upon them hath the light shined. (3) Thou hast… Continue reading

  • “What should we do then?” (Luke 3:10)

    When we hear a word of admonition, we either desire to act or we bury the thought. But if we desire to act, to change, or to create change, we come up against an insurmountable wall of hopelessness and despair.… Continue reading

  • “It is in dying that we are born to eternal life.”

    "It is in dying that we are born to eternal life." – Prayer of St. Francis So, let me die today and die daily.There is nothing in my instincts to pray such a prayer.But then, there is nothing in my… Continue reading

  • G.R.O.W.

      GROW Acronym I had to throw together a speech for a parenting class and for a parenting educators class last week. Both were graduating. The applications were slightly different as were the illustrations, but the outline was the same.… Continue reading

  • Pain and Passion

    Show me your pain and I will show you your passion. It is the same and it is transforming, first, by transforming itself … into joy! Without the pain, there is no passion, Without the passion, there is no joy.… Continue reading

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