“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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  • Just As I Am

    Just as I am, I come. And how is that? Wounded, weary, worn, wondering, wandering, weak? Groping, gasping, groaning, grinding, gripped with fear, guilt-ridden? Suffering and succumbing to and from the consequences of bad choices? I come. “Nothing in my… Continue reading

  • From Profound to Mundane and Back Again and Round and Round on May 28

    Quotes from Myself and Others Wrong tentative answers? No problem as long as we keep asking the right questions of the right source, God grant me the humility today to be walked on as long as those who are walking… Continue reading

  • Welcome Home – Memorial Day Tribute Continue reading

  • The Mob, the Message, and the Main Attraction

    Jesus, having moved from synagogue to house in his teaching ministry, now moves toward the sea in the open air. The crowd is so large, that he must move onto the boat to be seen and heard by the people… Continue reading

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  • People Treated Differently. How Do We Live Justly in an Unjust World?

    There is a difference in how people are treated no matter how much respect they offer. There is also a difference in how people with some power perceive the reactions they receive. It is filtered through experience, preconceptions, and invisible… Continue reading

  • Posts Along the Shores of My Life

    Photo by Derick Daily on Unsplash I post daily.  I also read daily. Often, I read what I have posted on a certain day over the years. Here is a digest of 15 years worth of quotes and observations from… Continue reading

  • It has been my practice and spiritual discipline for several years to read a chapter of Proverbs each day that corresponds to the day of the month. That landed me in Proverbs 23 today. It is also become a discipline… Continue reading

  • Out on a Limb of Controversy

    Download controversy.png (111.5K) Only the fear of the Lord begins a process of wisdom. There is no wisdom in any other sort of fear, only poor choices that seem right in the moment. All other fears are cast out by… Continue reading

  • Reflections on the Prison Industry

    Photo by Matthew Ansley on Unsplash We Start with Questions; We Move to Ideas — A Problem-Solving Pattern And — We keeps that cycle going. Here is one arena and the questions can apply to other problems in society as… Continue reading