Category Archives: Transformation
The Magnificent Christ
I continue to be amazed at how the scriptures read so differently each time I pass through the pages of my Bible. The text never changes barring translations, but even when reading the same translation, the message or at least … Continue reading
The Sermon on the Mount
This morning my devotional reading has carried me into Matthew, arriving at the Beatitudes. However, of more interest to me than the text of this “Sermon on the Mount,” was where my spirit went when I read the words from … Continue reading
The House of Judah
I continue to be amazed at the encouragement that I am experiencing around my study of Judah and Joseph this year. For those who have been reading my blog for some time, you know the infatuation I have always had … Continue reading
Parallels
I sit here this a.m. reflecting on almost 40 years of service to the church and to my community. Grateful for the scores of lives touched in multiple cities; conversations and interventions of which many of those served were unaware. … Continue reading
Aspirations
This morning and particularly with the events planned for this coming week, there seems an almost overwhelming awareness to the growing confluence of the many unrelated sectors of my life. Unrelated in that each could stand singularly on its own; … Continue reading
Does Your Community Know You?
I was praying just a few weeks ago about how entrenched I was becoming in the political arena, and in fact, that it had been sometime since I had spoken in a church outside typical deacon duties at WS1st. I … Continue reading
Containment or Partnership
Occasionally a strange sensation seems to overtake me in the early morning hours. I will begin to emerge from my sleep with an idea, not anxious but growing. The longer I contemplate, the more solid and developed the thought becomes. … Continue reading
Happy Knew Your!
This title is neither my lack of spell check nor the ornery slip of a smart phone word substitution, but rather an intentional play on words. A reminder, as we ride into the new year, return to our real work world … Continue reading
Christmas, When God Bought the Zoo
There are few things I enjoy more than processing my early morning thoughts on a day not overly planned. Maybe I am too self-absorbed? However, these moments provide the luxury of thinking out loud (actually through my fingers) within the … Continue reading
The Morning after Planet Earth
This strange title came to me as I opened my heart to write this a.m. I look forward to my early morning, post devotional processing; and at times, am pleased with outcomes that often begin as bizarre as this a.m. … Continue reading

