HIDDEN HIDING
Christian Wiman, nationally recognized poet and writer from Snyder, Texas wrote in ‘My Bright Abyss:’ “I once believed in some notion of pure ambition, which […]
June 2022
HOMECOMING
While in meditation recently I was having a difficult time trying to pray and feel present with the Father. This is not all that unusual […]
AN ARM AND A LEG
Recently in the night I heard the phrase, “It must have cost an arm and a leg.” It was a familiar phrase that I remember […]
SYSTEM AND PERSON
Thomas Merton (1915-1968) monk, author and mystic wrote: “When I criticize a system, they think I criticize them – and that is of course because […]
TRUE WEIGHT III
Back in December of 2021 I had my 6 months Old People Check Up and True Weigh In II (see Journal entry 4 December 2021 […]
WELL PLEASED
When children (small and/or adult) have not been affirmed and confirmed by love, acceptance and forgiveness they often spend great amounts of time and energy […]
SEEKING GOODS
Dallas Willard, (1935-2013) professor and author wrote: “We can and must, however, seek “goods.” These are things and qualities that represent, illustrate, and point us […]
THE BORING SELF
The desire for fantasy and unreality is an obvious attempt to either produce something within that is not so boring or perhaps it is a […]
DONE IN LOVE
“Let all that you do be done in love.”(1 Corinthians 16:14) I flunked. But by grace and mercy I will go on, repent and pray to […]
CHOOSING HEAVEN OR HELL
The Devil/Lucifer/Satan had a choice to stay or leave the heavenly presence of God. It is always a choice and function of our will …then […]