Sojourner

Homesteaders we are not, for our home is yet to be seen We live among these citizens until we see our King Only guests in this foreign place… Living in a manner...

Divine Grace

Excruciating! Debilitating! This pain is more than the body or mind can take… Suffering is indescribable, swimming in a tormented lake… The mind writhes in tort...

Jesus

My mom used to say this verse all the time, “A good name is rather to be chosen than great riches, and loving favor, rather than silver and gold. She’d say, ...

Good Ground

I breathe in the fresh sea air…I look out over the water, and then, land, and watch the gulls circle once, as if in respect for him. Everything becomes still an...

The Good Father

The Father is Looking for you! Luke 15:20 20 “So he returned home to his father. And while he was still a long way off, his father saw him coming. Filled with l...

The Trial

Forged in fire, flames lifting higher and higher… My body begins to melt… My mind is tormented by things I’ve never felt… What is this Lord, don’t take your Spi...

Cousin Rufus

Bodies in ancient crypts are laid… Once vibrant and full of life a person was made… Born naked, had no knowledge of words or creed… Their mother’s milk was all ...

The Mirror

Faces in the mirror all staring back to see Am I groomed perfectly? Teeth-white, eyes bright, a wrinkle or two, that’s new Flaws; there are a few… Walking throu...

Little One

Little One… Hiding behind a smiling face… Hurt, that no one sees… They’d never guess in a million years, her heartaches and her tears The silent pain she carrie...