I’m feeling “salty” today! No, I am not seasoning food, tasting like seawater, or embracing a nautical theme. I am not preserving food, melting winter ice, or using crude or coarse language. And I am not feeling resentful or bitter toward someone. Today, I am focusing on my commitment to God’s covenant with me and […]

On this day, Fifty-Eight years ago…

TOYIN’ When I was a boy lying was considered wrong God called it a sin It’s on display each night I love election season! “Here we go again!” – an original TANKA by HitchHiker disillusioned by our present context of people claiming to be faithful to God, but willing to say anything to gain and […]

Jesus answered him, “If anyone loves me, he will keep my word, and my Father will love him, and we will come to him and make our home with him. John 14:23 So, what exactly is Jesus’s word? How will he manifest (show, reveal) himself to his disciples? I think a hint may be in […]

TOYIN’ “Appreciate Others Now!” – Inspired by the losses that just keep adding up.

So then you are no longer strangers and aliens, but you are fellow citizens with the saints and members of the household of God. Ephesians 2:19 This passage invites us to seek citizenship in something infinitely more important than any earthly affiliation. But notice that it also embraces us as family. WELCOME HOME!

I’m an inquisitive soul and fearless extrovert (thanks, Captain Obvious!). So when I see something that intrigues me, I have to ask (much to “J’s” chagrin!). So, I’m standing in line at Castle Neuschwanstein in the Bavarian Alps when I notice a word tattooed on the neck of a guy standing in line in front […]