Vignettes of Light
breaking through

He was not in the wind
He was not in the earthquake
He was not in the fire.
He was the still small voice.
"What are you doing here, Elijah?"
1 Kings 19:11-13

The Father's energy dwells in the flower, the bee, the sunlight-
His energy is in His Word.

Stained glass window looking out on nature

Shadow Life

How odd that the more forms of communications the 21st century has created, the less we seem to say. Chatter fills the air and mind with both foul and fair words. Daily activities that require direct involvement drain our lives of energy; choosing a contemplative life rather than a reactionary one takes precious time we do not seem to have. When I left teaching some years ago, I set out to study my way through the Bible, not just because I had a generosity of time but to e

Jun 104 min read

drawing of girl trying to hold balloons in the wind

Everything Will Get Be Okay

At the moment Jaime was born, I asked, “Does she have everything?” to which her father laughed and said, “Everything but a ——.”  Girls were rare in our families, so we certainly expected a boy, whom we would name Peter. Perhaps because she arrived late, her face was perfect: no redness, no baby flaky skin, no sunken cheeks.   Her birth was difficult; after, I clearly remember my nurse cuddling her, stroking her exquisite little face and whispering so only I could hear, “I

19 hours ago4 min read

drawn bright lamp shining against a brick wall

Lightning Before Thunder

Thunder Before Storm  ************** “ For as lightning that comes from the east is visible even in the west, so will be the coming of the Son of Man. “ Matt 25:27  *************  They were warned.  Over and over they had been warned. In the beginning, the plagues caused discomfort, horror: all water turned to blood, millions of gnats covered everything, destroying crops and then came the flies. Oh, the flies. And the sores.  But because they would

1 day ago3 min read

The Sacred War

The Eye of God A teacher friend who was very knowledgeable of history chided me once for believing the Great Flood in the Bible actually occurred.  Many places around the world have such mythology about a global flood, he said, that devastated the earth, accounts which coordinate with local folk tales.  A bit later, I took a graduate English class with a Christian professor and asked him what to do with such a question. His answer?  Well, of course, many cultures have si

2 days ago6 min read