A morning prayer of thanksgiving… Heavenly Father,     As I awake to the new light of this day, I come before You with a heart brimming with gratitude. Thank You for the gift of this fresh morning, for the quiet beauty that surrounds me and for the breath that fills my lungs. Each moment is […]

Another prayer to ponder. This one is written for a community, but could just as easily converted for personal use. Lord,   We want to know You more. We want to begin to see the depths of Your unfathomable love for us.     Thank You that You are not only the beginning of everything, but […]

(Revisited Yet Again!) First published this in 2020, I committed to publishing this every year on this date. I am committed to seeing every one with the eyes of Christ, that all people are created in the image of God (Imago Dei). Today, I acknowledge to my brothers and sisters of color that this is […]

Over the past few months, I have been searching for and finding prayers of discernment, thanksgiving, and closeness to God as I journeyed through a turbulent and thrilling season in my life in the service to the Author of Life, the Universe, and Everything. I would use them depending on what was on tap in […]

Thirteen years ago, 42 led me away from a call in Western Pennsylvania to a collection of amazing saints in Sparta, NJ. We have learned so much from one another through super storms, building disasters, presidential elections, a global pandemic, and a whole lotta ministry. There are some awesome disciples of the Author of Life, […]

…and that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith, as you are being rooted and grounded in love. I pray that you may have the power to comprehend, with all the saints, what is the breadth and length and height and depth, and to know the love of Christ that surpasses knowledge, so that […]

HitchHiker still out galavanting. So Big Lizard drop one more on you. One of HitchHiker’s favorite cartoonist is Gary Larson. That because The Far Side often have quirky science humor and irony, and HitchHiker was biology major and has weird and ironic sense of humor. Here one of HitchHiker’s favorite panels of all time. HitchHiker […]