Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light to my path. Psalm 119:105 I was shocked when I entered ministry two decades ago when I learned how much biblical illiteracy existed in a church. The Reformed (Calvinist) tradition, into which I have been called, is known for its focus on the sovereignty […]

Reflections from Gloucester 2023 Part II – Standing Together It was about 7:30 in the morning, and I was winding my way through the Gloucester neighborhood with the Lord on my way to the Eastern Point Lighthouse. I hear a commotion up ahead. What could be making such a racket? Then I see the source […]

Toyin’ Ancient monks dubbed it “ACEDIA” – listlessness. Sorrows of the world Aquinas’s prescription: the gift of “spiritual joy.” “Ancestor of Ambivalence” – original Tanka by HitchHiker inspired by “Resisting Sirens” from Seed Cracked Open – Stories of an Everyday Pilgrim Volume 2, p.70. by Esther Hizra. Restore to me the joy of your salvation, […]

God thunders wondrously with his voice;    he does great things that we cannot comprehend.For to the snow he says, ‘Fall on the earth,’    likewise to the downpour, his mighty downpour. Job 37:5-6 Likely one of the oldest books in the Old Testament, Job is an amazing story of how God stays faithful in all circumstances. Our verse today brings us […]

Reflections from Gloucester 2023 Part I – From Seven to Two On the last weekend of October, I returned to Gloucester for a weekend retreat. The following few bLOGs originate from reflections from that experience. At dinner the first evening, just after orientation, we were encouraged to sit and chat with others as this would […]

TOYIN’ Reverence in Him submitting to another such exposed embrace. Like Christ on the cross for us Equals in every way “Submitting” – an original TANKA by HitchHiker inspired by Ephesians 5:21-6:9