2024.01.14

Toyin’ Oh people, LISTEN! The LORD is God; God is One. LOVE God with your all. Now GO LOVE all peoples; they’re made for LOVE just like you! “LISTEN, LOVE, GO LOVE!” – an original Hitchhiker TANKA inspired by ageless words. Mark 12:28-31

2024.01.12

…for in Christ Jesus you are all sons of God, through faith. For as many of you as were baptized into Christ have put on Christ. There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither slave nor free, there is no male and female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus. Galatians 3:26-28 Our […]

2024.01.09

Last Friday, I sat in my office to read from my Celtic Daily Prayer book; the topic was covenant service. In short, the author said that sometimes our inclinations and interests line up with Christ’s, and sometimes they don’t; sometimes serving Christ is easy, and sometimes it is anything but. The scriptures for the day’s theme were […]

2024.01.07

Toyin’ Winter has arrived barren trees; verdure hidden a lifeless landscape. Buried beneath cold darkness Light and Life are poised to Spring! “Poised to Spring!” – an original HitchHiker TANKA inspired by the first winter storm of the season, yet Easter is just around the corner.

2024.01.05

Wash yourselves; make yourselves clean; remove the evil of your deeds from before my eyes; cease to do evil, learn to do good; seek justice, correct oppression; bring justice to the fatherless, plead the widow’s cause. Isaiah 1:16-17 Now that is more than a New Year’s resolution; it’s a LIFESTYLE reboot! And who better to […]

2024.01.01

I gave myself a gift for this New Year called Celtic Daily Prayer – Prayers and Readings from the Northumbria Community. At the turn of the new year, the tradition of some of the north (Scotland and northern England) pray a “first-footing” prayer welcoming the first feet to cross the threshold in the new year. […]

2024.12.24

Toyin’ Moments birthed in Years and Years birthed in a Moment, or maybe it’s both. But ETERNITY was birthed in the heart and mind of GOD! “The Birth of ETERNITY” – an original HitchHiker TANKA inspired by the heart and mind of God. Thanks be to God!