Saturday Mornings

Being out of town continually has both short and long-term challenges...for me and the rest of the family. We are confused about why this ...

When I was far from the sea’s voice and vastness I looked for God in the days and hours and seasons. But now, by its large and eternal tid...

God takes us into deep waters, not to drown us but to cleanse us. -- James H. Aughey

...not their real dates, of course.

I am finding an unfamiliar mix of the pleasantries and struggles of this life. I was watching the birds today and wondering why people so l...

Looking at things ‘straight-on’ sometimes affects your vision. For example, when you look at something straight-on, it is difficult to det...

Rest. Rest. Rest in God's love. The only work you are required now to do is to give your most intense attention to His still, small voic...

He has made everything beautiful in its time . He has also set eternity in the hearts of men; yet they cannot fathom what God has done fro...

In time of war in an occupied country, a member of the resistance meets one night a stranger. They spend the evening in conversation. The ...

The only thing of my very own which I contribute to redemption is the sin from which I need to be redeemed. -- William Temple, Archbisho...

I am being given things I didn’t know I needed…even as things that I don’t really need are being taken away. Perhaps this is necessary to ...

I talked with my friend, Jerry McCoy, today. I’ve missed him…as we met for quite a while earlier in the year. My ‘painting’ schedule fre...

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Accept as good whatever happens to you or affects you, knowing that nothing happens without God. -- The Didache

I’m sitting in the living room of friends and am looking out their picture window. A suburban neighborhood sets the scene. But the drama ...

So many breathtaking views from our trek at Mueller Park, for more click here .

Some like to run in the woods. I love the woods. But, I also have glass ankles, as they say. And so, after having turned my ankles ove...

Darlin’ (Christmas Is Coming) So it’s been a long year Every new day brings one more tear Till there’s nothing left to cry My, my how ...

...what He is doing! From the outside 'in'...

the inside 'out'!

I could go faster…if I wasn’t feeling that slight tenseness in my hamstring. Or, that familiar pain starting again, just below my right kn...

...I was 16, said he. said he!

Sometimes life’s troubles may so overwhelm me that I cannot for a time sustain a belief in God’s loving concern for me and my fellow creatur...

1 I waited patiently for the LORD; he turned to me and heard my cry. 2 He lifted me out of the slimy pit, out of the mud and mi...

...well, I take that back. I have contracted to help a friend on a big painting project...with a powerful sprayer. I hope I got more on ...