writing – Spiritual Wanderings

Comfortable Shoes

This morning I moved sprinklers. Not once, but several times. Our yard doesn’t have an automatic irrigation system anymore. When Tanya and I bought this place four years ago, the yard had been neglected. We hauled away truckloads of clutter, removed more tree stumps than I care to remember, cut down dead trees, and dugContinue reading “Comfortable Shoes”

LARGO TENEBROSO

The Descent The city lay behind them. The valley waited below. Only a few moments earlier the air had seemed almost transparent. The Father’s presence had filled every word of the prayer. Heaven itself had seemed near enough to touch. Then… they stepped away. There are places where the presence of God seems to restContinue reading “LARGO TENEBROSO”

A Journey Back to Our Roots: The Power of Thinking

Here I sit. And think.There was a time,many, in fact,That my dad sat and thought.And I know my grandfather sat and thought.I saw Grandfather sit in the passenger seat of our car.Dad was driving andMy grandfather sat teaching through the Psalm numbered 23, something for which he thought about. My great-grandfather sat. Never saw him.Continue reading “A Journey Back to Our Roots: The Power of Thinking”