Reading Time: 5 minutes Why do we blink? The obvious answer is to lubricate and cleanse our eyes. But thank God scientists are rarely …
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Reading Time: 2 minutes Alpha and Omega: You said, the first shall be last. We thought this a polite, simple rule. But in your …
Reading Time: 5 minutes The kid Samuel wasn’t getting any sleep that night. Someone kept calling his name. Thinking it was Eli, he climbed …
Is that You, God? How to Be Sure God Is Speaking to You Read More »
Reading Time: 3 minutes The day after Easter I launched out on what I’ve now called a Resurrection Adventure. You can read a more …
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Reading Time: 3 minutes As I’ve written before, I believe the blues are modern psalms of lament. They name everyday pains and stresses with-in …
Monday Psalm: I’ve Got Those Post Resurrection Sunday Blues Read More »
Reading Time: 6 minutes Easter is an emotional contradiction for me. Each day of Holy Week stokes a flaring exhilaration. Slowly I journey through …
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Reading Time: 2 minutes Saviors have risen and fallen. But on the cross Jesus fell then rose. Weighted by the world but lifted by love.
Reading Time: 3 minutes So many stories about Mary the mother of Jesus portray her as angelically strong and a saint. But as a mother and widow how did she feel as she watched her son being crucified? My poem Mary’s Loss attempts to dig into her feelings of despair.
Reading Time: 6 minutes Prayer is a wrestling match, a hard conversation, more listening than talking. I know my prayers are too often just cosmic shopping lists for God to fulfill should God care to.
Reading Time: 2 minutes O God who sees me, Life is full of unexpected and undetected gifts: My dog’s cold nose on my warm …