Fragile… Oh no!!….that is not who or how I want to live… Life is not fragile…like a glass trinket to be kept behind a cabinet. Taken out only on occasions special Shown to select few Life is priceless, yes!!! Living out loud… Putting my nose in the flowers… Surprising a bee or two In the...
“… Death reveals the utter vanity of all our misplaced worship and all our feebly invested hopes …” (Douglas Kaine McKelvey – Every Moment Holy II: Volume II: Death, Grief, and Hope) What is death If not a a doorway to the afterlife To that life we long for yet are hesitant to enter into...
Love is a beautiful thing Love is freeing Love is safety Love is comfort Love is death Love is life Love is home
Keep your heart with all vigilance, for from it flow the springs of life. (Proverbs 4:23) What does it mean to guard/keep your heart? Does it mean an external or internal exercise or is a combination of both? Are we to build a physical or virtual fence around our hearts or are we to inject...
It takes a village to raise a child my people say. And I dare say that it takes a village to write and publish a book. I had a few favorite teachers in graduate school. One of them is Prof. Mark Shaw. He is man of wisdom and calmness, I enjoyed the one class he...
Let all with one accord May the God of steadfastness and encouragement grant you to live in such harmony with one another, in accord with Christ Jesus, that together you may with one voice glorify the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ. (Romans 15:5-6) O God of all creation, help us to all...
4am – I am not feeling so well anymore, actually I am in acute pain so much pain I am groaning. Around 4:30am – The pain is too much, I can smell death fast approaching. I struggle out of the hospital bed and kneel down dragging my saline bag holder next to me. I...