2025.01.19

Toyin’ The NEW addition Player to be named later A new dog in town High potential for mischief He will sniff out 42! “Ode to Odin” – an original Hitchhiker TANKA inspired by the arrival of the new dog in town.

2025.01.17

Come-on Paul! Don’t feed us that line. It’s our “right” to grumble, complain, denigrate, blame others, etc.! And don’t you dare put a label on us; that’s our job! Lord Jesus, help us. Help us to be your lights in this the world by holding fast to you and your teaching. Help us to love […]

2025.01.14

What will the day bring? By now, many of you know of my O’Dark-thirty ritual of having coffee with Jesus. The other day, he popped into my head the often used joyful statement from Psalm 118: This is the day that the Lord has made; let us rejoice and be glad in it. Psalm 118:24 […]

2025.01.11

TOYIN’ A Special Edition!! Is it possible? That we met for the first time It’s thirty-Four years! The LORD put us together We’re Soulmates and Life Partners! “Soulmates and Life Partners!” – an original HitchHiker TANKA celebrating a life together. “For where you go I will go, and where you lodge I will lodge. Your […]

2025.01.10

…but as he who called you is holy, you also be holy in all your conduct, since it is written, “You shall be holy, for I am holy.” 1 Peter 1:15-16 The word “conduct” points to the manner of life you live. This statement from Peter steps it up a notch because he expects your conduct to be […]

2025.01.08

Practicing the Presence In seminary, I read Brother Lawrence’s book The Practice of the Presence of God. The book was a compilation of his writings published posthumously, but their overall theme is the development of an awareness of the presence of God, even in some of the most mundane moments. The one that stuck out […]

2025.01.03

For the grace of God has appeared, bringing salvation for all people, training us to renounce ungodliness and worldly passions, and to live self-controlled, upright, and godly lives in the present age… Titus 2:11-12 What exactly is “ungodliness” or “worldly passions?” Something tells me that it’s all about a choice. Does one choose to live […]