Vision

by | Feb 2, 2018 | News, Random Thoughts, Spiritual

So many of the greatest blessings of life go unnoticed and consequently unappreciated.  How many marriages, friendships, family relationships fall into disrepair and ultimately loss before we realize just how important these things really are?  Among the few things...

Sunday Morning Ruminations

by | Jan 14, 2018 | Random Thoughts, Spiritual

 This was originally written in 2011.  I thought at that point that I would never pastor a church again. Some Sunday morning rumination or rambling or whatever … There is still that feeling of pain deep in my heart. Perhaps it is disappointment in myself, thinking...

Mom …

by | Jan 3, 2018 | Random Thoughts, Spiritual

Mom I see you … I hear you You are just beyond my reach It is maddening to be so close And yet so far away You have loved me tenderly, relentlessly, fiercely As only a mother can love And yet it is not enough Life pulls us apart geographically socially experientially...

How Well Do I Know You?

by | Nov 21, 2017 | Random Thoughts, Spiritual

How well do I know you? I think by now, that I know you well. I’ve told you things that I have never told anyone else Many of those things have been deeply painful Many of those things would bring me grief if you ever told anyone else I guess if you were going to...