True Faith!

The last first day was hard.  The last first day brought reality to the surface like a slap in the face.  Tuesday, August 13th was my grandsons last first day of school.  He is a senior this year and so many things will change.  It made me think of how the clock only moves in…

Do you live with passion and purpose?  When you walk past someone playing the piano with skill and talent, do you stop to marvel at the gift that God has given? Do you get excited and emotional when you hear a voice sing as if it was directly from God?  Do you find joy in…

I remember vividly what it felt like to hold my daughter… then my son… for the first time.  The amazing deep love, like I had never known before, overwhelmed.  As I admired their face… as I counted their fingers… their toes… as I kissed their face and experienced their wonderful smell for the first time….

“It’s easier for a camel to go thru the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter the kingdom.” Is that speaking of money?  Is that speaking of those that seek material riches?  Could Jesus have been talking of power? Of religious elite?  Was he talking about those that think their rich…

One hundred and eighty three times Jesus was asked a question.  He only directly answered three.  What if Jesus’ message was hidden and most everyone is missing it?  What if his message was for all religions… all people… and we are so caught up in what we want to believe, we are missing the deepest…

The silence of snow.  It was a Thursday.  The loud part of the storm had already come and the gentle part still remained.  The snow started to fall, and the flakes got larger and more robust.  I dressed for the occasion, and went for a walk.  There is a silence in the snow.  A silence…