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May 2026

May 10, 2026

You Are With Me….

Times where, if you could be part of its stage play, on a somber night,...

November 2025

November 27, 2025

The Cost of True Love: Lessons from the Heart of Jesus

It cost the Son of God to spread his arms out as wide as he...

August 2025

August 30, 2025

The Criminal’s Redemption

  Of all the Bible.... Of all the Bible stories, I like the one of...

January 2025

January 05, 2025

Is God in My Struggle?

God is funny. I think I can see him smile and simply saying-and always in...

October 2024

October 19, 2024

What Role Do God and Jesus Play in Political Movements?

Growing up, there was one poll. It was the Gallup poll, remember that one? It...

September 2024

September 27, 2024

God’s Metaphors for Our Freedom, Bought by His Son-Jesus

Why would God, who loves us so much, sending his son Jesus to die on...

September 07, 2024

Aging Bodies: Finding Humor and Grace in Our Imperfections

Okay, I get the idea as we get older, we, well, change. I get that....

May 2024

May 11, 2024

Sometimes, We Can Sit

'm My two favorite/Williams SOMETIMES Sometimes, we can sit and pop a soda and take...

February 2024

February 18, 2024

Dealing With God’s ‘Hard No’

There is only one place to be in that storm, which can overwhelm us and...

December 2023

December 30, 2023

This Is My King

What if, this guy was predicted, and he actually showed up hundreds of years later?...

June 2023

June 18, 2023

Fathers Day

 FATHERS DAY Being today is Fathers Day and the timing of things in this world...

May 2023

May 10, 2023

Is It Okay to Pray for Powerball Numbers?

But God could do it. He could give you the numbers and you win it....

March 2023

March 05, 2023

We have a Job to Do-Daily

Imagine a world responding to each other out of love, and not hiddenness.

February 2023

February 25, 2023

First Try is a Victory!

It might just be this life I'm living. A continuation of what I am doing...

November 2022

November 19, 2022

In This Life….

Sometimes in this life, well, I would venture to say most of the time in...

November 08, 2022

Sometimes….

SOMETIMES.... Sometimes, it’s okay to turn the car radio off and talk to yourself. Sometimes,...

October 2022

October 09, 2022

Most of the Time, I Don’t See God

So, just because you don’t see, don’t hear, doesn’t mean He isn’t there. It means...

September 2022

September 18, 2022

It’s Okay to be Quirky

IT'S OKAY TO BE QUIRKY I think we are all a little, well, quirky. It's...

September 11, 2022

It is Okay to Just Be

  It rained last night. IT'S OKAY TO JUST BE Just as I crawled into...

September 04, 2022

If I was President

IF I WAS PRESIDENT ‘If I was President’ is a term we hear a lot...

August 2022

August 29, 2022

I Have a Fantasy…

I have a fantasy. Actually, I have several, but I want to share with you...

August 07, 2022

Listen to the Doctor

‘Listen to the doctor.’ For those of you who have ridden this trail with me...

July 2022

July 15, 2022

Can Christians have Sex Before Marriage?

CAN CHRISTIANS HAVE SEX BEFORE MARRIAGE???? I was asked to write on a topic for...

July 14, 2022

Optics-Real or Imaginary?

OUR OWN OPTICS We live in a world of 'optics.' A word used too much,...

June 2022

June 18, 2022

Dad-Men-Happy Father’s Day

Happy Father's Day, Dad! If you are not a father this Father's Day, you might...

June 05, 2022

No One Knows the Outcome

WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO LAUGH If, as you start this piece, have never seen...

May 2022

May 29, 2022

Sometimes, in our seasons….

Sometimes, in our seasons, we have difficulty seeing the season itself and get swallowed up...

May 08, 2022

Happy Mother’s Day

Today we celebrate you, mothers. You are the sweet jacket we put on to keep...

May 04, 2022

Why Does Today Seem So Much Like Yesterday?

I put my shoes on this morning and wondered how many times had I done...

April 2022

April 21, 2022

Frozen in Fear or Stepping out In Faith

Living life can cause us to freeze with fear we will make the wrong choice....

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