WORKING HARD
I know this guy that works really hard. He is an assistant to a Yard Maintenance guy. He goes behind the main guy and cleans […]
December 2017
BE ON YOUR GUARD
A story from the Desert Fathers (250-400 AD) who lived a life of asceticism in the Egyptian Desert goes like this: “Abba Ammonas came one […]
WHICH ONE WINS
There is an old Cherokee tale about our human predicament. “There are two wolves fighting inside each person,” the grandfather explains to his grandson: “One […]
THE WORD OF GOD
All listening breaks into this crescendo, “God, after he spoke long ago to the fathers in the prophets in many portions and in many ways, […]
LOOKING TO GOD
Andrew Murray (1828-1917) was a South African writer, teacher and Christian pastor. Murray considered missions to be “the chief end of the church.” He wrote: […]
CAVE DWELLERS #5
The final cave is the dwelling place of the Lord… the Presence. King David wrote, “One thing I have asked from the Lord, that I […]
CAVE DWELLERS #4
Other caves have the past remains of campfires, bones and implements of another generation. The past inhabitants leave little to tell of why they were […]
CAVE DWELLERS #3
Some caves have writing and pictures on the walls. We look at them and try to figure out who did these markings. How long ago […]
CAVE DWELLERS #2
Another kind of cave is one that has multiple entries. We get in easily enough but we can’t remember how to get out. Temptation is […]
CAVE DWELLERS #1
It seems that at times meditating is like searching in the deep caves of the mind. Our mind leads to our soul and our soul […]