Whom Jesus Loves

Whom Jesus Loves

Measuring our significance, our value, and even our purpose through being needed/wanted by others is as much a genuine struggle as it is a misstep. Truth be told that pursuit is not only fleeting, but it ultimately leads to despair. The pursuit we should strive, by...
Jesus Wears A Crown of Thorns

Jesus Wears A Crown of Thorns

The worship pastor at the local church that Myra and I attend asked a handful of people to write, and present, a brief thought/meditation and prayer for their annual Stations of the Cross service. I was one of them. She gave me Station #6: Jesus Wears A Crown of...
Stepping Confidently

Stepping Confidently

This past week at the Communion of Evangelical Episcopal Churches / Diocese of the Restoration Holy Convocation, through conversations with my wife and others, something was pointedly revealed to me about how I explain my 2023 journey to others. First, some...
Sheer Silence

Sheer Silence

“[God] said [to Elijah], ‘Go out and stand on the mountain before the Lord, for the Lord is about to pass by.’ Now there was a great wind, so strong that it was splitting mountains and breaking rocks in pieces before the Lord, but the Lord was not in the wind;...
Quick Drops: Pioneering

Quick Drops: Pioneering

Pioneering is easy when we’re young and courageous (or foolish), and settling becomes easier and safer (or stagnant) the older we get. May we all, like Father Abraham of old, be willing to blaze new paths despite our age (whatever it may be). Lord, push us from...