Reading Time: 3 minutes For most of my life I didn’t drink water the way the experts say you’re supposed to. In summer we …
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Reading Time: 3 minutes Does our division as a world, country, and church stem from the fact that we are afraid to admit our …
Sunday Psalm: An Honest Prayer Asking God for Forgiveness, Redemption, and Renewal Read More »
Reading Time: 2 minutes I nearly died from a heart attack in December 2015. Praise God I did not. But since then I’ve realized …
Reading Time: 2 minutes This is a trouble and trust psalm. The Psalms often start by naming the trouble the psalmist and the people …
Sunday Psalm: Disarming Fake Hope through the Way, Truth, and Life Read More »
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: 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: 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: 2 minutes O God who sees me, Life is full of unexpected and undetected gifts: My dog’s cold nose on my warm …
Reading Time: 2 minutes My God, Woo me with the Gospel, Art from your timeless Tome, Priceless life refilling my empty shell. Breathless for …
Reading Time: 6 minutes My first car was a pink Oldsmobile Delta 88 built the year I was born, 1956. It was a spectacle …
WWIII, Disease, Earthquakes? How Does One Actually Prepare for Jesus’ Second Coming? Read More »