FINDING OUR WAY HOME

FINDING OUR WAY HOME

Last night, I had an intense dream. At one point, I woke up in the middle of the dream like I was in an intermission at a theater. After the intermission, I went back to sleep and reentered the dream, and picked it up where I left off without missing a beat. I...
THE UNEXPECTED APPEARANCE OF HOPE

THE UNEXPECTED APPEARANCE OF HOPE

Yesterday, out in our dog kennel, a blossom appeared on a lilac shrub. The lilac and all the other plants and trees on our property have bare limbs. Spring is still weeks away. In our 20 years living here, we have never seen this happen before to have the leaves of...
SOFT IMPRISONMENT

SOFT IMPRISONMENT

Not all prisons have bars made of steel. Some of the worst prisons are constructed with intellectual and religious bars erected in the human soul. This kind of imprisonment is called soft imprisonment. The purpose of soft imprisonment is to give those who have been...

WHEN ALL IS STRIPPED AWAY

At this time of year, after having our Thanksgiving Day gatherings and now moving full steam into the Christmas season, many of us are counting and recounting our blessings of family, friends, and home. Those are good and wonderful things to experience and treasure. I...
EVIDENCE OF LIFE

EVIDENCE OF LIFE

This week, I looked out our front window and saw a bird nest. The tree where the nest was built had shed all its leaves allowing the nest to become visible. I’ve never seen a nest in that tree in the last 20 years. As I stood in front of the window still gazing at the...