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Now, How About a Bike Ride?

Every day is a new day. One more closer to the end of our seasons...

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Standing the Watch

My coping skills as a kid reflected what I had to learn to cope with....

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You Are With Me….

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

April 2026

April 26, 2026

Or the Gentle Drooling Lick of a Dog

If you find yourself quiet for a moment, you will hear in the back of...

April 03, 2026

What Do “I” Need To Do To Get To Heaven?

What do I need to do? 'What do I need to do to get to...

March 2026

March 04, 2026

“I Need to Do Better!’

I WAS DRIVING.... I was driving down a major road in my city, having traveled...

January 2026

January 31, 2026

Abba, Where Are You?

Abba, Where Are You? With the current events spinning, seemingly out of control, it is...

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...

November 02, 2025

Inspiration

If you don't believe in God, then your inspiration comes from how fast, how hard,...

October 2025

October 04, 2025

“Do You Trust Me?”

You have been told you can’t run, you’re too old. You've been told you can't...

September 2025

September 28, 2025

When God Shows Up

He makes it rain joyfully in parts of our world and in others, He causes...

September 20, 2025

The Plan-Does God’s Plan Work?

The gift of life/williams The Plan There is a perfect plan. I will call it...

August 2025

August 30, 2025

The Criminal’s Redemption

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

July 2025

July 26, 2025

‘Oh Papa.’ What God does with Older Men

He trusts carefully, listens intently, speaks when he has something worthy to say and has...

July 19, 2025

Is God In Our Sadness?

So, is God in our sadness? I would say most definitely. He didn’t create sadness,...

June 2025

June 13, 2025

Fathers, Faith, and Sacrifice: The Burden of Love

Today is Father's Day. A couple of weeks ago, we raised mothers up to pipes...

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May 10, 2025

God and Mothers

It's getting close It's getting close to summer. The time for vacations, cruises, repainting the...

May 03, 2025

What if Jesus wasn’t Jesus?

What if Jesus didn’t exist? What if, maybe he existed—since there is a historical record...

April 2025

April 05, 2025

What if Jesus….

What if most of the stuff our parents made us do, write, study in confirmation...

March 2025

March 15, 2025

Empathy v. Apathy

Look, we don’t have to care. We could give three sh^^t’s about someone else. But...

March 08, 2025

I Had Another Epiphany!

The goal, I have learned, is instead of Happiness, can I be content in my...

February 2025

February 23, 2025

Jesus Loves Me as Wide as His Arms Can Stretch

If you dare to believe your God, your Lord in heaven is truly God and...

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...

December 2024

December 20, 2024

Christmas? Politics or Marketing or Dogs?

I wasn’t going to do a Christmas card this year. You, who have received them...

November 2024

November 16, 2024

Are We Needed by God in this World?

Look, most of us, well, maybe all but four of us, will be disappointed at...

November 02, 2024

God, How do I Identify What You Truly Desire?

And yet, Abba loves us just the way we are. The battle is won with...

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...

October 12, 2024

When Faith Moves You: Finding God in Life’s Exhaustion

We have been bought. We have been pulled from a pile of bodies and chosen...

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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...

August 2024

August 30, 2024

God Likes Our Music! Praise the Lord!

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