2020-12-24 23:10
It's hard to believe that we are at the end of 2020. Whoever we were at the beginning of it, we are not that at the end of it. What we have done with it, and will do with it, is up to… Read More
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2020-07-08 14:27
The more we walk in grace, and understand the ways of God, the less we will be rigid and legalistic. The Apostle Paul says that "The Law is a tutor that leads us to Christ." (Galatians 3:24)… Read More
2020-04-21 17:34
“For there is hope of a tree, if it be cut down, that it will sprout again, and that the tender branch thereof will not cease. 8Though the root thereof wax old in the earth, and the st… Read More
2020-04-16 00:51
We are approaching the end of Passover and Matthew’s gospel gives us the chilling account of the betrayal of Jesus by Judas. Judas had been out and about making preparations to betray… Read More
2020-04-11 23:50
I personally think that I will remember this Easter for many years to come. It was the Easter we spent isolated in our houses while the world changed. True story! But it needed to change… Read More
2018-04-17 17:16
Did you know that it's easy to hear God? I'll bet that surprised you since you might not think so. I've encouraged my home group to write down a few things they have been seeking God about b… Read More
2018-04-09 16:30
In our older years we can have much to give as spiritual parents or grandparents in the faith. Perhaps we have a bit more time as we retire, or perhaps our priorities in using our time… Read More
2018-03-31 16:17
Our life with God is in the process of growing: there is a tension between the now and the “not yet.” While the plan for who He meant us to be was in the mind and heart of God… Read More
2018-03-28 00:44
“So teach us to number our days, that we may apply our hearts unto wisdom. Return, O Lord, how long? and let it repent thee concerning thy servants. O satisfy us early with thy m… Read More
2018-03-13 15:46
Day to day, week to week, month to month or even year to year, our beliefs can remain fixed in a certain ways. We "believe" things because that is what we were raised with, what we fee… Read More
2018-01-01 21:15
It has been an interesting year. Somewhere along the line I felt like I have fallen through the back of my wardrobe into a landscape much wilder than Narnia. The prophet Isaiah… Read More
2017-12-28 18:49
I'm going to post a few notes each day about what I learned about leadership from Return of the Jedi. *Spoiler Alert* The first one is this: Good leaders, even if they have fallen out… Read More
2017-12-21 18:33
A Testimony from Bethlehem’s ShepherdIt feels as if it were yesterday, that wildly unexpected visitation in the fields, when the Angel of the Lord came to us. Now is the time of year… Read More
2017-11-16 23:58
Then Jesus, looking at him, loved him, and said to him, “One thing you lack: Go your way, sell whatever you have and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven; and come, t… Read More
2016-12-25 15:26
from Matthew 2Merry Christmas, Everyone! here is something I was pondering from the Christmas story in Matthew's gospel today...In this portion of the Christmas story, this difficult and hea… Read More
2016-04-20 18:03
Some One larger than all of my failures is stirring inside of me. .. Let the HolySpirit arise within you and do His Work. God is not worried about what you are not or notyet. He… Read More
2016-03-19 18:53
Spring brings with it hope, an opening of the heart to kinder Rays, and thus uncurl and unfold in beauteous ways,our souls to warm and greener days of May....photo taken in Amblesi… Read More
2016-03-19 18:53
Next to the might of God, the serene beauty of a holy life is the most powerful influence for good. ~ Evangelist D. L. Moody (1837-1899) photo of pelican in Sebastian, Florida Read More
2016-03-19 18:53
A few minutes ago every tree was excited, bowing to the roaring storm, waving, swirling, tossing their branches in glorious enthusiasm like worship. But though to the outer ear th… Read More
2015-04-05 14:51
It is Easter Sunday. It is a reminder that our problems here were so big that they could notbe fixed from afar. Some problems are like that. In an age where I can look through a webcamat som… Read More
2015-02-17 14:36
Today, I walked to the corner of the street where I have lived a good deal of my life.Today, it was so very different. The house on the corner of my street was sitting mostly ina dumps… Read More
2015-02-02 21:02
We need to find God, and he cannot be found in noise and restlessness. God is the friend of silence. See how nature - trees, flowers, grass- grows in silence; see the stars, the moon and the… Read More
2015-01-24 22:06
“There is a brotherhood within the body of believers, and the Lord Jesus Christ is the common denominator. Friendship and fellowship are the legal tender among believers.” … Read More
2015-01-23 21:20
“Fellowship with God refreshes your soul: it allows God to speak into your life for the next level of your life endeavours. Your life will always speak louder in the light of God&rsquo&hell…Read More
2015-01-21 22:37
Psalm 5 5 Give ear to my words, O Lord, consider my meditation.2 Hearken unto the voice of my cry, my King, and my God: for unto thee will I pray.3 My voice shalt th… Read More
2014-11-23 15:28
The real trouble with this world of ours is not that it is an unreasonable world, nor even that it is a reasonable one. The commonest kind of trouble is that it is nearly reasonable, but not… Read More
2014-09-28 16:04
"The Road goes ever on and onDown from the door where it began.Now far ahead the Road has gone, And I must follow, if I can,Pursuing it with eager feet,Until it joins some larger wayWhe… Read More
2014-09-23 23:06
"Never laugh at live dragons"--Bilbo Baggins, "The Hobbit" photo taken at Bishop's Castle, Rye, Colorado Read More
2014-09-23 00:29
"The light at the end of the alley, the sunset at the end of the mountain day,silently speaking of things way beyond themselves, things we can't quite reach, but can sense within,  &hell…Read More
2014-09-21 15:32
I like trees because they seem more resigned to the way they have to live than other things do. I feel as if this tree knows everything I ever think of when I sit here. When I come back to i… Read More
2014-09-18 23:39
O world as God has made it! All is beauty! --Robert Browning--photo taken in Colorado Springs, Colorado Read More
2014-08-13 22:06
"Friends, Dwell in the Living Spirit, and quench not the motion of it in yourselves, nor the movings of it in others; though many have run out and gone beyond their measures, yet many more h… Read More
2013-11-07 22:07
the sunset tonight was incredible, there and then swiftly gone...."I held a moment in my hand, brilliant as a star, fragile as a flower, a tiny sliver of one hour. I dripped it carelessly, A… Read More
2013-10-16 20:35
"Where others see but the dawn coming over the hill...I see the soul of God shouting for joy." ~~William Blakephoto taken at Sacred Heart Church, Feeding Hills, MA Read More
2013-10-09 21:24
Our Lord had no design of constructing a system of truth in intellectual forms. The truth of the moment in its relation to him, The Truth, was what he spoke. He spoke out of a regi… Read More
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