So we have come to know and to believe the love that God has for us. God is love, and whoever abides in love abides in God, and God abides in him. 1 John 4:16 I am always astounded at the simplicity and profundity of the Apostle John’s Gospel and Epistles. How could a Hebrew […]

The Game that Leads toward Home! It was a Sunday afternoon in January 2000. I sat at Jim’s bedside at the care facility, a football field’s length away from our house. It was just the two of us; the family had returned to the house for some afternoon respite. We had an NFL playoff game […]

Toyin’ I have two questions: Have you ever heard God speak? Have you ever tried? For God speaks in all places. Just shut-up and listen! “Just Shut-Up and Listen!” – An original HitchHiker Tanka inspired by too many words and not enough listening.

Teach me to do your will,    for you are my God!Let your good Spirit lead me    on level ground! Psalm 143:10 Throughout scripture, we find that God interacts with people, which makes the Judeo-Christian mindset very different from the other ancient religions that preceded us. Before Abram (a.k.a. Abraham), people spoke at their gods, hoping for good crops, fertility, […]

Procrastination Last week, I came across the classic Bill Waterson “Calvin and Hobbes” strip above. Calvin regrets what he did to Susie, and I love that Hobbes is encouraging him to reconcile with Susie. The last panel reveals Calvin’s dilemma; he lays his hope in the wrong place by thinking there will be another way […]

An Original Haiku by Godzilla Monsters dwell within disrupting all that is good The cross slays that sin! “Slain Monsters” – an original Haiku by Godzilla, inspired by God’s Grace.

Godzilla Gives Us Train up a child in the way he should go; even when he is old he will not depart from it. Proverbs 22:6 HitchHiker take small respite; leave Godzilla in driver seat. Today’s scripture very important to Godzilla. Godzilla have son named Godzuki. Godzilla try very hard to train up Godzuki in […]