Almost there
Guys, this blog challenge is almost over. Is it lazy of me to say that I’m glad? This has been fun for sure, but I’m glad this is only a month-long endeavor, not a two or three month challenge (don’t …...
View ArticleKwaheri
Any energy I had to write today disappeared long ago. I went to a costume party tonight (fun fun fun!) and (at risk of repeating myself) had fun, but after coming home and scrubbing layers of green off...
View Article#136: How My Father Sees Things
#136- HOW MY FATHER SEES THINGS – 9/2/2014 You will be an outlier; do not be afraid. Nothing can remove you from My grasp. You will be confusing in the circles they have made. Trust Me; I’ll be here...
View ArticleAn Observation
Old houses tend to be small, but have large backyards. New houses tend to be comparatively big, but are built close together with little or no backyards. What does that say about our recent priorities?...
View ArticleGems from Work
You might remember Max from my previous adventures as a music teacher. Max finally admitted today, after learning some basic chords, that piano was “kinda” fun…but only “kinda.” Today, when he got...
View ArticleA Sonnet For a Friend
As blossoms filled the flower-beds like snow last spring, I sat among them, bent in prayer that God would heal your wounds through heaven’s flow; I fathomed not that He would take you there. Within the...
View ArticleKnowing what you know….
I saw this when I was about fifteen years old. It’s a short video/ad put together by Adventures in Missions, a short term missions organization: With final exams around the corner, I found myself...
View ArticleKnowing what you don’t know…
“Trust in the Lord with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding. In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths.” ~ Proverbs 30:5-6. Admit it: you don’t really know...
View Article#156: A Poem: “Trading In….”
#156 (5/10/2015): “Trading In…” Red eyes for sleep and satisfaction. Even my once-frantic breaths become Longer and larger, greater and deeper. I’ve played the weary, heavy-laden type too long; Evening...
View ArticleTimely Thoughts
Time is a funny thing. When we have little time to spare, we wish for more of it. When we have tons of time to spare, we get nervous and find myriads of ways to fill, lose, or waste it again. We …...
View Article#161: For Davina …. a proem.
(Davina- this is far overdue and a little bit clunky, but you’ve waited long enough! Sorry it’s not better poetry. Since it’s a little prose-y, I’m dubbing this a proem. Here’s to a great friend and to...
View Article#163: Haiku: Taking the Torch
#163: Haiku: TAKING THE TORCH – 8/16/2015 If you want the crown, then why do you complain when He hands you the cross?
View ArticleThoughts on the Prodigal Son
Luke 15- the prodigal son leaves his father, taking his inheritance early, and blows his money on a riotous lifestyle. In the midst of his rebellion, a famine engulfs the land; with his money spent and...
View ArticleMilitary Leave
Military leave strikes me as a somewhat vicious gift. One one hand, who wouldn’t want to spend a few months away from battle and its woes? Who wouldn’t want to come back to his family and relax and...
View ArticleGood Poem
I read a great poem today. You should take a second to read it! Here’s the link: http://www.homemakerscorner.com/appoint.htm Happy last day of summer, guys!
View ArticleThoughts on Numbers 9
If you want to talk about being called to an unordinary lifestyle, look at the children of Israel. When God delivered the Israelites out of slavery in Egypt, He led them by a pillar of cloud during the...
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