I press on toward the goal for the prize of the upward call of God in Christ Jesus. Philippians 3:14 Paul is telling us to live forward, pursuing the call of God through Christ. In the prior passage, he emphatically states that he is “forgetting what lies behind and straining forward to what lies ahead.” Paul is […]

Somebody has been reading my Tankas!! The other day I had one on “Ambivalence.” Now TFS sends me this cartoon of a dog who might be suffering from it!

Sometimes “42” Throws Me a Bone! I came across a word the other day that I have never much thought about: RESILIENCE. Its root word is “resilient” which traces its origins to the Latin word resiliens or resilire meaning to jump/leap back, or to recoil. Here’s Merriam-Webster definition: I am fascinated by this word, especially […]

Tanka Toyin’ Conflicted feelings Love and Hatred dance as one Joy and Sorrow meld Pleasure and Pain entangled It’s name is Ambivalence “Ambivalence” an original Tanka by The HitchHiker inspired by this present culture.

TFS is on a roll!!!

Occasionally, 42 throws me a bone! I will spend some time over the next few weeks reflecting on those occasions that 42 uses to remind me that He is still on the job even when I feel like I am spinning my tires in Alabama mud after a rainstorm. Yes, that is a movie reference. […]

What is the HitchHiker Reading? I realized I had not put books on my What is the HitchHiker Reading? bLOG page since Autumn 2022. Time to play catch-up with a list of books I have read and a couple I am currently reading. I will then place them on the bLOG page where they belong. The Myth […]