In Other Words

Insightful tongues warn of the dangers of letting high and mighty words get in the way of the message when writing about God. Glad those aren’t the kind in my writings. I would be aghast and discomposed to exorbitant proportions were it so. Now I love words, as the...

Proudly, I Bleat

The quavering bleat of a sheep is an emotive, vulnerable cry it uses to signal the shepherd. It is a bleat of dependency, a calling out to be rescued and for its needs to be met by another. Ultimately, it is a bleat of faith. I cry out a lot, but not in the way of a...

Memories Imperishable

My cousin recently sent me a text: The Grandparents’ house is gone! He included a picture of a vacant lot where their house used to be. They passed away years ago, and now the home of our most cherished childhood memories was also gone—the home where we were showered...

The Late Great USA

No country is lastingly great apart from the will of God. Once, and for a good while, our country was great. For a time it stood upon the durable principles that our Founding Fathers spelled out in the Constitution. They were meant to be durable anyway. They were the...

The Aged, The Wrinkled, The Blessed

Yesterday I got to my car and realized I forgot my keys. So I went back inside to my bedroom, but when I got there I forgot why I was in the bedroom, so I went back out to the car and realized I forgot my keys. The good news is I only went through that process twice....

The Late Great USA

No country is lastingly great apart from the will of God. Once, and for a good while, our country was great. For a time it stood upon the durable principals that our Founding Fathers spelled out in the Constitution. They were meant to be durable anyway. They were the...