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Like allium exploding in vibrant globes from their centers/ Like dandelions scattering their seed on the wind/ Like daisy petals bursting forth as…
In the history of science/ it took a long time for the concept of zero/ to be accepted as something more than a placeholder./ Once it was, negative numbers…
I’m going to give a little preface for this poem as it may not seem in keeping with this blog’s hallmark of hope. Some of you have me way up on a pedestal, but
Like an individual water molecule by itself has no wetness/ until jostling with others in a slippery tumble/ it forms and breaks lattices…
We’ve all suffered minor crucifixions.
People let us down and are unkind
our honest, open-hearted hope is dashed
we are no longer needed or are too threatening
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I was struck by reading the following today, written by a fourteen year old, and quoted in a message by Charles Swindoll of the Northwest Bible Church in Dallas, Texas:
A Tribute to Wilma Johnson
Today I realized too late that she was
one of the quiet, unsung heroes of my life.
She was simply a housewife…
– Porcelain and stone three ducks quizzically wonder and chat about life. Do moving feathers squawking beaks, and paddling feet define what is real? Inanimate things have essential qualities infused with God too. Why do some discount a whole range of ideas as just illusion? Good is everywhere: we are beautiful, serene, inspired and meek. … Read more
Outside the SAT Cheering “Go Team!” “All things work together for good to them that love God.” Give up any misgivings or woulda, coulda, shoulda. God is working His purpose out as question proceeds to question. My son’s place and future are assured by his heavenly Father who alone anoints and appoints. The divine intelligence … Read more
Tattooed on Your Heart What do you have tattooed on your heart? What is irrevocably etched on your soul, your being, your character? Is it lovingkindness, gently giving voice only to good? Is it quietly getting done with poise and focus what needs to be accomplished? Is it gratefully making the most of what you’ve … Read more
Bonding and Balance While I advocate being a noble gas with outer atomic shells initially complete, most elements do not exhibit those properties so molecules are formed by atoms sharing electrons not only to be numerically fulfilled but more importantly: to gain stability. It’s called bonding and it brings balance. At our most elemental, people … Read more
Be Grateful for the Lump We are leaven, spark-plugs, jump-starters. We see the pan-vision picture with all the exciting possibilities. We are restless for progress that others can’t even imagine. We are bucking for the change that others fear or resist. Galatians 9:5: “A little leaven leaveneth the whole lump.” All of us are leaven … Read more
Pedal Downhill I like to coast effortlessly gliding, wind-in-my-face exhilarating – I’ll deal with that next hill when I have to. I like to float buoyant and restful, meditative and calm – I’ll get somewhere at another juncture. And some of this is good: a Sabbath one seventh of the time. But the rest of … Read more
A Pentecostal Vibe We are the body of Christ (and members in particular) with all its necessary parts radiantly walking forward leaping and dancing, acknowledging each diverse perspective as valid and needed. If two think the same thing, then one of them is redundant. In the Pentecost of old, they spoke in different languages but … Read more
My Dad He met my mom (his deeply cherished wife of 63 years) in high school Latin class; they were on the debate team together and he took her to the ten cent movies on the bus. At 18 he was drafted to give x-rays in the Atlantic so they regularly and loyally wrote letters … Read more
My Dad Died Today Alzheimer’s steals so slowly increment by devastating increment an excruciating smidgen here a morsel of memory there like acid rain erosion that chisels away a momentous mountain instigating an avalanche that lands in a jagged jumble heaped heavy on the heart with none of the dots connecting anymore So searing is … Read more
Purge Belief and Wear Only Understanding It is clear that the opposite of Truth is error. A mistake like 2+2=5 is also an error; errors defy Principle. It is not so obvious, however, that “Error is belief without understanding.”* I used to believe there were good beliefs and bad beliefs. But it turns out that … Read more