From Nov 21,2017……. For those who have followed my ministry in Bay County over the last 10 years and longer, I am continuing my pursuit of deacon ordination through a non-UMC route. I am studying under an Ordained Deacon Ministry program by Christian...
“Don’t feel sorry for or fear for your kids because the world they are going to grow up in is not what it used to be. God created them and called them for the exact moment in time that they’re in. Their life wasn’t a coincidence or an accident. Raise them up to...
The ISAAC PRINCIPLE revisited: Several years ago I read Carol Kent’s book, “When I Lay My Isaac Down.” From that and other things God was using in my life at the moment, I discovered what I have come to call The Isaac Principle: It is in the...
Sabbath is for: -ceasing -resting -feasting -embracing I Have Calmed and Quieted My Soul I Have Calmed and Quieted My Soul A Song of mAscents. Of David. 131 O LORD, my heart is not sliftedup; my eyes are not traised too high; I do not uoccupy myself with...
…Deep, deep Love. Love IS the seed of the Spirit that is sown in our depth. Its origin and abiding place is in the depths of inmost being, at the level of human spirit. It germinates and gives birth in our spirit to its own kind in us and from our spirit, as the...
Thinking about boundaries today and the result of failing to set them or respect those of others. Are there times when boundaries need to be pressed? Yes. But undertaking such ventures as that alone or without sufficient prayer and preparation can be disastrous. Cloud...
I went to bed at 8:30, so here at 3:30 I am wide awake. I have been watching the strange lightning that has been flashing over Deerpoint Lake. It was almost like a loose light bulb in the heavens…..or the moon having a loose power plug. Very strange looking and...
I pray you will find hope for your journey as a Christian embraced by God who is Love and Grace and indescribably more, and as a disciple of Jesus Christ, called to be in relationship with God and neighbor. What do you believe in and why? What difference does it make...
I have a tray with turtles to keep me company. They’re from lots of places and people who know They have a special meaning to me. They just show up, often unannounced, To join the herding bale, the nest, or dole. They remind me though one might get trounced To...
The quote below was from two posts on this date in 2009. I am occasionally surprised by how often certain experiences are repeated in my life…… Almost the same feelings accompanied me last night as I drove wearily into my driveway. I had spent much of the...
