2023.08.20

Toyin’ Spring was my Childhood Summer meant Coming of Age (family, work, life) I now find Autumn in place Winter’s ahead; then our LORD! “The Five Seasons” – an original Tanka by HitchHiker inspired by LIFE.

2023.08.18

For to me to live is Christ, and to die is gain. Philippians 1:22 When I reflect on this single verse, the past and the future disappear; I am pulled abruptly into the present. Yet, it is that past and that future that are ones doing the pulling. First, the past. That past is what […]

2023.08.15

Ta-Dah!! Vocabulary is often quite fun, especially when you encounter a word that would not even appear on the SATs. So I receive an email daily from the Brothers Merriam and Noah Webster. Last Thursday’s word sounded like something you would hear in a birthing class, but it actually means something quite profound when used […]

2023.08.13

Tanka Toyin’ The two human views Experience the object Encounter with another Or prepare your heart for MORE! Let MORE transform how you view! “I/It, I/Thou, or much much MORE!” – an original Tanka by HitchHiker inspired by writings of Martin Buber, and 42, of course.

2023.08.11

In the way of your testimonies I delight as much as in all riches. Psalm 119.14 Every verse in Psalm 119 is about the teachings of 42. Here is a verse where the author speaks of scripture as being a wealth of treasures. So the question of the day: Do you turn to your Bible […]

2023.08.08

42 throws me a bone yet again! This time, that bone comes from a Blue Bloods episode. A reference is made to a poem by American poet, Emma Lazarus. Here’s that poem. Not like the brazen giant of Greek fame, with conquering limbs astride from land to land; Here at our sea-washed, sunset gates shall […]

2023.08.06

Toyin’ What does Jesus ask? Is it simply to believe? Or also to act? Ask not what God can do for you. Ask what you can do for God! “Both/And” – an original Tanka by HitchHiker inspired by Psalm 22:29-32 He has done it!