Happy Anniversary! I just realized that I launched SearchingFor42.net five years ago this week! What began as an exercise in routine writing as I prepared for a sabbatical that never happened (thanks to COVID) has developed into collection of faithful thoughts, scripture reflections, poetry, humor, and more. As of this date, there have been 901 […]

Reflections on “ALL” As you know, my morning ritual at O’dark-Thirty is to have coffee with Jesus. Yesterday, I was baring my whole self to him after being convicted by the word “all.” I admitted that loving him with my “all” over the past four years of chaos has been hard.’ Even though we are […]

Toyin’ This is a Season For decluttering one’s life of “junk” collected. Prepare the way for the Lord! Prepare your heart for the Lord! “LENT” – an original TANKA from the HitchHiker inspired by the journey toward the cross and the empty tomb.

For this is the message that you have heard from the beginning, that we should love one another.1 John 3.11 It sounds so simple, and yet it is simply profound. It is the second core element of the covenant with God, yet it flows from the Primary of that very agreement. The Evangelist doubled-down later […]

Six Degrees to Heresy In the mid-1990s, a phenomenon arose called “Six Degrees to Kevin Bacon.” The concept behind it was that if you chose an actor, they could be associated with Kevin within six degrees. Everyone in Hollywood could be connected to Kevin Bacon. I have found throughout my Christian life that this concept […]

Toyin’ Humbled before You Let Your will be done in me. O Great Provider! Let me live Your forgiveness and protect me when I fall. “Thy Will be Done” – an original HitchHiker TANKA inspired by a week’s worth of reflection upon the prayer Jesus taught us

We ought always to give thanks to God for you, brothers, as is right, because your faith is growing abundantly, and the love of every one of you for one another is increasing. 2 Thessalonians 1:3 In The Rise of Christianity, Rodney Stark posits that the church grew exponentially in the first 250 years when Christianity […]