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A Thin Place: Παῦλος, The Least of Apostles, writes a final note to Ἰωάννης – The Beloved Disciple May 26, 2026 “It is Jesus that you seek when you dream of happiness; He is waiting for you when nothing else you find satisfies you; He is the beauty to which you are so attracted; it is He…
Walking Wounded Aug 14, 2023 No one ever told me that grief felt so like fear. I am not afraid, but the sensation is like being afraid. The same fluttering in the stomach, the same restlessness, the yawning. I keep on…
Smashed and Tattered Jul 4, 2022 Blessed – lucky – are those who cry. Blessed are those who are sad, who mourn, who feel the loss of what they love – because they will be held by the One Who loves them.…
Doxa Mar 1, 2019 I read in a periodical the other day that the fundamental thing is how we think of God. By God Himself, it is not! How God thinks of us is not only more important, but infinitely…
Love that Wins The War Feb 16, 2019 Late have I loved You, O Beauty so ancient and new; Late Have I loved You. Lo, You were within, but I outside, seeking there for you, and upon the shapely things you have made I…
Warfare’s End Jan 28, 2019 After the Crucifixion came the Resurrection. After the Resurrection the Ascension. Because Jesus wore a crown of thorns, He now wears a crown of glory. Because He came poor, He now sits enthroned. Because He made…
Ad Ora with Love Himself Jan 2, 2019 On a dark night, Inflamed by love-longing – O exquisite risk! – Undetected I slipped away. My house, at last, grown still. Secure in the darkness, I climbed the secret ladder in disguise – O exquisite…
Love Is Mine. I Own It. Nov 11, 2018 “I loved Sarah, Charles. It was mine, that love. I owned it. Even Sarah didn’t have the right to take it away. I can love whoever I want.” Charles said, “But she thought you were pathetic.”…
Dying Again for The 71st Time Feb 14, 2018 If you asked twenty good men today what they thought the highest of the virtues, nineteen of them would reply, Unselfishness. But if you had asked almost any of the great Christians of old, he would…
Out of The Prison, And into The Light Aug 9, 2017 If thou intend not nor seek nothing else but the pleasing of God and the profit of thy neighbor thou shalt have inward liberty. ~Thomas à Kempis (c. 1380-1471) As soon as his master heard the…
Dying to Know We Are Loved by G_d Jun 23, 2017 The Christian Life is a continual struggle against the old self. Not just a struggle in the sense of a BATTLE, but a real putting in the tomb… All authentic Christian lives… know these long ‘tunnels’…
Chesed: Love Is Stronger Than Death Mar 7, 2017 Love is swift, pure, tender, joyful, and pleasant. Love is strong, patient, faithful, prudent, long-suffering, vigorous, and never self-seeking. For when a man is self-seeking, he abandons love. Love is watchful, humble, and upright. Love is…
The Father’s Heart Aug 6, 2016 For Ragamuffins, God’s name is Mercy. We see our darkness as a prized possession because it drives us into the heart of God. Without mercy our darkness would plunge us into despair – for some, self-destruction.…
He Smashes Into Our Lives Sep 29, 2015 Late have I loved You, O Beauty so ancient and new; Late Have I loved You. Lo, you were within, but I outside, seeking there for you, and upon the shapely things you have made I…
Living Beyond Dysfunction May 7, 2015 Children have never been very good at listening to their elders, but they have never failed to imitate them.~James Baldwin (1924- ) And I tell you, ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and…
Fathers Feel Things Too Apr 7, 2015 For those who feel their lives are a grave disappointment to God, it requires enormous trust and reckless, raging confidence to accept that the love of Jesus Christ knows no shadow of alteration or change. When…
Hemmed in By G_d’s Goodness Mar 22, 2015 When I get honest, I admit I am a bundle of paradoxes. I believe and I doubt, I hope and get discouraged, I love and I hate, I feel bad about feeling good, I feel guilty…
Joy and Strength in His Steadfast Love Jan 18, 2015 Nothing is sweeter than love, nothing stronger, nothing higher, nothing wider, nothing more pleasant, nothing fuller or better in heaven or on earth…. A lover flies, runs, rejoices…. Love often knows no limits but is fervent…
Learning to Be Loved Jan 18, 2015 God completely understands every struggle that you have, and every weakness that you fear about yourself. In His great love for you He has set aside a place in His Beloved for you to enjoy and…