Last Friday, I sat in my office to read from my Celtic Daily Prayer book; the topic was covenant service. In short, the author said that sometimes our inclinations and interests line up with Christ’s, and sometimes they don’t; sometimes serving Christ is easy, and sometimes it is anything but. The scriptures for the day’s theme were […]

Toyin’ Winter has arrived barren trees; verdure hidden a lifeless landscape. Buried beneath cold darkness Light and Life are poised to Spring! “Poised to Spring!” – an original HitchHiker TANKA inspired by the first winter storm of the season, yet Easter is just around the corner.

Wash yourselves; make yourselves clean; remove the evil of your deeds from before my eyes; cease to do evil, learn to do good; seek justice, correct oppression; bring justice to the fatherless, plead the widow’s cause. Isaiah 1:16-17 Now that is more than a New Year’s resolution; it’s a LIFESTYLE reboot! And who better to […]

I gave myself a gift for this New Year called Celtic Daily Prayer – Prayers and Readings from the Northumbria Community. At the turn of the new year, the tradition of some of the north (Scotland and northern England) pray a “first-footing” prayer welcoming the first feet to cross the threshold in the new year. […]

Toyin’ Moments birthed in Years and Years birthed in a Moment, or maybe it’s both. But ETERNITY was birthed in the heart and mind of GOD! “The Birth of ETERNITY” – an original HitchHiker TANKA inspired by the heart and mind of God. Thanks be to God!

And in the same region there were shepherds out in the field, keeping watch over their flock by night. And an angel of the Lord appeared to them, and the glory of the Lord shone around them, and they were filled with great fear. And the angel said to them, “Fear not, for behold, I bring you good news […]

Blackout! It was a little after midnight when the power went out. I had been fast asleep for a few hours, and now I was really up. Why? Because I couldn’t breathe. No, it wasn’t a medical episode; it was a powerless CPAP machine with a mask strapped to my face like the creature from […]