Saturday Mornings

Gratitude is not only the greatest of virtues, but the parent of all others. -- Cicero

Christianity does not think of man finally submitting to the power of God, it thinks of Him as finally surrendering to the love of God. It i...

  Unless you have been unfree, it's difficult to understand what it does mean to become free.  -- Archbishop Desmond Tutu One of the t...

In the famous words of MLK, "I have a dream..."...and 'a dream' may be all that Michigan has this year...but we'll roo...

Nothing in all creation is so like God as silence. -- Meister Eckhart

I have learned much, but the time has come to realize that neither parents nor teachers nor counselors can do much more than offer a free an...

An amazing scene from a recent hike in the Swiss Alps.

21 Yet this I call to mind and therefore I have hope: 22 Because of the LORD's great love we are not consumed, for his compassions ne...

Well there wasn't much 'Go Blue'-worthy in the game itself, but the tradition, the color, the stadium, and the day together ...

His divine power has given us everything we need for life and godliness through our knowledge of him who called us by his own glory and good...

The early Christian monks staked their survival on their willingness to be as God had made them, creatures of the day-to-day. They regarded...

As we wait, we can fix our eyes on Jesus as a companion who empathizes with our suffering and a Savior who is working behind the scenes. Dif...

Yesterday is gone. Tomorrow has not yet come. We have only today. Let us begin. -- Joseph Cardinal Bernardin

...shot taken at our annual church-wide campout .

His wonders to perform; He plants His footsteps in the sea, And rides upon the storm. Deep in unfathomable mines Of never-failing skill He t...

…faith is not necessarily, or not soon, a resting place. Faith puts you out on a wide river in a little boat, in the fog, in the dark. Eve...

25 riders from VSF rode 20+ miles on one of the more beautiful days of the year...to the equally beautiful beaches of South Haven, Michiga...

Have you ever had a great sneeze in the early morning? Quite a unique and wonderful feeling, I must say. For over 40 years, I never acknowle...

Getting ready...for another era! GO BLUE!!!

We enter most appropriately into [the revelation of who God is] when we listen and tell stories to one another and listen and speak to God i...

Despite another late night, I am awaken early today by a couple of sets of thoughts that perhaps I just need to get out of me and down on pa...

Be where you are, not where you think you should be.

The value of consistent prayer is not that He will hear us, but that we will hear Him. -- William McGill

I dream of a quiet man who explains nothing and defends nothing, but only knows where the rarest wildflowers are blooming, and who goes, and...

All the Cubs colors!

Kosciusko County 4H Fair 2008 Dog Obedience Grand Champion!

The greatest happiness of life is the conviction that we are loved - loved for ourselves, or rather, loved in spite of ourselves. -- Victor ...

OK, maybe I’m ranting a bit, but I saw a sign on Kings Hwy today that reads: "Freedom is never given, It is always won." ...this s...

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 ...