Journals
WHAT IS, WILL BE #3
Continuing with some thoughts from the last two days: Wendell Berry, environmental activist and author has written much about land use, soil, natural trees and […]
WHAT IS, WILL BE #2
When seeds do not develop as intended, there are parables to tell us why this is so. The Parable of the Sower in Luke 8 […]
WHAT IS, WILL BE #1
We like to grow things. Roz and I grow flowers, vegetables, shrubs, trees, spices and ground cover, grass and all kinds of stuff. It is […]
CARE AND COMPASSION
I find that the two rather difficult things to do is to purely care and to purely have compassion. Many times I think my caring […]
UP AND ABOVE
In the night I heard, ‘Up and above…keep going. Play the whole game. Don’t let up. Don’t give up. Be faithful to the end.’ It […]
PEOPLE OF MIRACLE
Albert Einstein (1879-1955) physicist and philosopher wrote: “There are only two ways to live your life: One is as though nothing is a miracle and […]
DISCIPLESHIP
Dallas Willard (1937-2013) professor and author wrote: “Clearly thought out and decisive apprenticeship to Jesus is the bridge between initial faith in him and the […]
FOREST BATHING
I recently read an article on Forest Bathing. This is a so-called ‘new therapy’ made popular especially by some Japanese practitioners. “Nature therapy, sometimes referred […]
STANDING OVATIONS
I still thinking some on yesterday’s Journal entry ‘Becoming One.’ There are many small and important steps in how two people become one person in […]