As I reflect on the year past, it’s too easy to get fixated on the hardship and isolation, plans cancelled and daily life altered by outside circumstances, However, I’m grateful I’ve been blessed with a good degree of presence and … Read More
By the standards of the external world of commerce and judgement, few, if any, deserve blessing. Blessing and esteem in this outer world is reserved for those who have punch a ticket or achieved a costly victory, with acceptable casualties … Read More
God protects and defends my soul. My body ages and fails, I become injured or sick, but my soul remains intact. Until my soul is released from my body I will be able to answer the call to service with … Read More
We are all infected with the virus whether it’s in my body or not, the virus infects my life. The virus tells me where I can go, who and what I should touch, what I wear and, in all, how … Read More
The snake was a startled as we were. We had begun the days walk knowing we would be going through an area where rattle snakes were common. We spaced ourselves out, each of us with a walking stick and not … Read More
My wife and I were mowing the lawn, taking turns pushing the mower. We don’t usually do this together but today she asked if I would like her to help. A hour or so before we started I had written … Read More
Has it occurred to you that the Earth will outlast human beings just as it out lasted the dinosaurs? The question is not “will the Earth survives, it’s “will humans survive?” What will I do to help all may relations, … Read More
The breath I just took visited Asia, the sip of water that slakes my thirst passed through a stream in Zimbabwe and my soul touches yours. I’m connected to you by all these things. Can you live without water or … Read More
I read a bit of Rumi each morning. Sometimes the poem seems obvious but most times I get befuddled if I try to think about it. What works best for me is to read it, not think about it and … Read More
If I must meet a standard have a loving relationship to with God; that means I have to agree to a contract with God. It specifies the dos and don’ts and if I meet that standard I may come closer. … Read More