The summer of 2013 is fast slipping into history with trips and meetings filling in the schedule gaps in my writing tasks. While taking the time to commit my ideas to paper is important, it seems that many new opportunities seem to be opening these…
Letter #1
Even now July has begun to take on a different character then June. This year it seems as if June was highly predictable, but the shift into high summer seems to have brought a new sense of restlessness. One thing that I noted in particular…
MANGER LIVING
In a world fraught with an incredible number of choices available to guide our lives it is a tough sell to plead the case for spiritual simplicity. Yet the exquisite assortment of choices which shape our daily lives are laced with the hooks and barbs…
THE SADNESS OF SINFULNESS
The garden of despair…. I wonder at the love that has restrained Your hand from smiting down. I am saddened by my sinfulness and betrayal of Your love. Oh Lord have mercy on me as I grasp the awareness that I have sinned again You,…
700 + MILES
The family had been making plans for several months to visit their husband and father in the new prison to which he had been transferred. Since they had no reliable transportation they had to arrange to hire someone to drive them on this two day…
MOMMY WHAT DOES THE WORD P R I S O N MEAN?
Tommy came in from the mail box holding a few letters in his hand. One the top of the mail was an envelope with a handwritten address and stamped across the front in bold red letters were the words STATE PRISON. Sheila broke down and…
DEAREST CHILD
Your current situation troubles my heart more than you could know. It pains me to see you struggling with choices that I know will harm you and leave you wounded for a lifetime. Yet I know that unless I let you move ahead and discover…
A SILENT MINISTRY
At first glance it might seem to be a contradiction, but a silent ministry is a vision for reaching out to others without engaging in critical commentary about governmental policies or society’s rejection of those who have failed in various aspects of community life. While…
The Spiritual Care and Feeding of Sheep
The Lord is my Shepherd, I shall not want, is both a promise of the future and a praise report about His provision and past care. It is a remarkable statement about the confidence we are to feel toward Our Heavenly Father. Lately I have…
DEFORMED RIGHT EAR DISORDER
There once was a plague which struck at the population of a great empire. After thirty five years had gone by there were no dramatic cures or even practical steps toward recovery. Those who were afflicted started to manifest an odd growth on their right…
