“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

  • Goodbye Mikey, Big Dreamer!

    Micahel Lenhof was my friend and an inspiration to me in many ways. When I received a call yesterday from his mother that he had passed away, I was not shocked. For the last three and a half years, Mike… Continue reading

  • Sitting Here

    We sit … and wait for something to move us. But nothing does. We wait some more. Nothing. Then it occurs to us that maybe, just maybe, we have to move ourselves. Then, in moving, we figure out what we… Continue reading

  • The Perils of Experience

    If an email has the word "Mr" in the "from" box, I always assume it is related to the "Nigerian" spam-scam. The same is true if the opening line is "Dear Beloved in Christ." Why? Experience. Experience can be a… Continue reading

  • Glimpses and Hints

    "When the desire is too much to bear, we often bury it beneath frenzied thoughts and activities or escape it by dulling our immediate consciousness of living. It is possible to run away from the desire for years, even decades,… Continue reading

  • To Label Is to Negate

    "Once you label me you negate me." -  Soren Kiergegaard That one simple observation, that we know intuitively, provides the best argument against hard and fast labels that I know. It may also be the reason why people are so… Continue reading

  • "Willfulness must give way to willingness and surrender. Mastery must yield to mystery." – Gerald G. May Continue reading

  • "The life that intends to be wholly obedient, wholly submissive, wholly listening, is astonishing in its completeness. Its joys are ravishing, its peace profound, its humility the deepest, its power world-shaking, its love enveloping, its simplicity that of a trusting… Continue reading

  • We Are Dying

    It looks as if my life expectancy, given my lifestyle and general health, is about 89. I assume I will need to work most of those years — so that may extend things a bit … or shorten them. But… Continue reading

  • " … I see Him walking on the waves, no shore in sight, no success, no goal, just the absolute certainty that it is all right because I see Him walking on the sea. It is the process, not the… Continue reading

  • 3 Things to Do in a Hurry

    I am in a hurry. I do not like wasting time. I have some time … but not much. I can either do something or write about doing something. That gave me a title and a premise. What are three… Continue reading

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