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…
SLAVERY, SERVITUDE AND SEVERCIDE
There is no point of personal depravity or severity of woundedness that is beyond the grace of God’s healing touch. That is a profound statement of fact, not an utterance of hope for the future. Considering the subject matter of this article we can either…
The Coefficient of Fear
In the complex equation of human desperation, the coefficient of fear is always a prime variable. The calculus of emotion can be used to predict the area of containment which is mediated by the mechanisms of personal restraint. Unfortunately these calculations are devoid of meaning…
THE HEARSE
When the elegant vehicle pulls away from its abode its destination is sure and certain. There are no return journeys, its passengers never voice any concerns over the journey. All are universally silent with respect to worldly matters, yet their very presence affirms the ultimate…
THE BATTLE HAS BEEN JOINED
In the last week I have received 64 letters returned by prison authorities, these letters had been sent to death…
THE EXTRAORDINARY PRISONER
In all aspects of appearance he seemed to be unremarkable, a solitary testament to the indifference of nature: Yet his very presence drew crowds of similarly isolated individuals. It was as if he was the embodiment of hope. His words wafted across crowds of seekers…
POST-PRISON RE-ENTRY
Recently a friend forwarded a news item about a neighborhood which was up in arms about a re-entry program that had opened a facility in its small community. It seems that the neighbors did not want this facility located in their community, suggesting that it…
