I believe that we all hunger to be loved intensely and specifically. Our journeys through life afford us the opportunity to seek shelter briefly in a variety of oases that afford us a glimpse of His love. But ultimately that longing for fulfillment can only…
The Music of Rain
This morning my senses were treated to a living festival of sound and sight that captured my attention. The soft percussion of rain drops varying in intensity provided a backdrop to the emergence of first light. My thoughts wandered to the scriptures that stated The…
Think About It!
The death penalty is a morbid exercise in political power which has outlived any useful purpose in terms of deterrence. Like the Wizard of Oz, it is masked behind the curtains of justice, subject to the whims of the loudest voices demanding action. Yet we…
STARS
This morning I got up before daybreak and sat outside watching as first light started to appear over the mountains to the East. Before that moment I had an opportunity to observe a star shining brightly in the darkened skies above. With the appearance of…
Divine Order
A sparrow has the choice of landing on an alley cat’s back, but it is likely making a fatal decision in doing so. A baby lamb can wander into the midst of a pack of wolves, but it is likely to survive this decision. An infant…
Letter #13
For some individuals reality is about their apartment, house, cell or the quiet corner off a busy street. They relate their personal reality to the place where they are currently residing. Others see reality as a function of status or wealth, with those at the…
Letter #12
I had made plans to write a bright letter about the blessing of redemption, a sort of encouraging way to look at the precious gift of God, but then I ran into my own sinfulness and the wretchedness of my own condition. I found out…
Letter #11
Every human being has a need to connect with others in some kind of meaningful ways. Those living on death row are not exempt from these feelings, but for these men and women lack of trust may be the essential barrier to communicating with others.…
Letter #10
RECONCILATION Last December I made a list of four topics that I wanted to focus upon in these monthly letters. You have received the first three letters already; rejection, despair and devastation. To me, they appear to be a capsule summary of the way that…
Letter #9
You might have noticed that these monthly letters have been exploring a pattern of situations which impact our lives. We previously spoke of rejection and identified that it is an external force which impacts our lives. We also discussed despair which is largely an internal…
