Hitchhiker is off Godzilla will take his place We hope you enjoy! Haiku: “Pinch Hitting” You all know the Hitchhiker’s affinity toward Japanese poetry. He also needs to buy a new car. Godzilla has found the perfect next car for the Hitchhiker. If you need a car Godzilla will help you too For a modest […]

I’ve got my towel and HitchHiker’s Guide… Today is the first of forty-two days of hitchhiking adventure known as a clergy leave (some call it a sabbatical, but I ain’t writing no book). If you remember, my first attempt at this was for January and February 2021, but it was prematurely squashed by some pesky […]

The earth, O Lord, is full of your steadfast love; teach me your statutes! Psalm 119:64 From my favorite acrostic Psalm comes this gem. The psalmist exclaims that the earth full of 42’s kheh’-sed, which means God’s mercy/goodness/kindness. It’s challenging to believe this to be true in our time where mercy, goodness, and kindness are in […]

Greatest Strength/Weakness When I was a young teen, my mom found me curled up in a ball on my bed one day. I was deeply wounded by friends, people I had known most of my short life. Through my tears, I told my mother that I couldn’t understand how people could be so mean to […]

I found out the other day that I won’t see TFS or Mrs. TFS until November because we will have opposing travel schedules. So he wanted to leave me a “going away” present before we set out on our respective adventures. I don’t want to live in a world where libraries don’t have copies of […]

For as in one body we have many members, and the members do not all have the same function, so we, though many, are one body in Christ, and individually members one of another. Romans 12:4-5 There are many times in Paul’s writings where he reminds the church that they are one even though they are many. In his Magnum Opus, […]

Waxing Poetic! Those who have spent time with me find out fairly quickly that my favorite band is The Moody Blues. Their music catalog is an eclectic assortment of rhythm and blues fusing the philosophical, psychedelic, spirituality, poetry, and more. I have seen them in concert five times, had most of their albums, and I […]