Waiting Room

Waiting Room

I remember shuffling along on the carpet in stockinged feet, then reaching for a light switch and getting that zingy little shock. As kids in exploration mode (is there any other?) we would check out why we were told not to touch the electrified cow fence at my...
Strength Surrendered

Strength Surrendered

On occasion, life is jarring in its contrasts. Years ago, I was at a funeral home following the deaths of two 23-year-olds. In the foyer were family and friends of each of these young people. In the chapel to the left was the family of a vibrant young Christian girl,...
The Coast is Clear – for Now

The Coast is Clear – for Now

Which is more ominous to a parent – kids making too much noise or kids making no noise? (Parents interviewed have unanimously said the ‘no noise’ is far more alarming). Have you ever encountered a situation where, for you, silence wasn’t ‘golden’? (calling for your...
The Song Things of Earth

The Song Things of Earth

Dust. Enlivened dust. Invigorated, oxygenated, ennobled dust. That is our origin and that is our ultimate end.  And yet! We have been deliberately and meticulously fashioned from this lowly genesis and molded by our Creator God into His very Image! And lovingly chosen...
A Note from Pastor DON:

A Note from Pastor DON:

As the days move steadily onward in this season leading to Jesus’ sacrifice, the cruel, inevitable events get ominously closer for him. At the very same time, we find ourselves making our way through a Prayer Journey where the Father’s rescuing, unstoppable love for...
A Long and Winding Road

A Long and Winding Road

Like a kinked garden hose that allows precious little water through, the zealous Pharisee, Saul, had very little openness to, or esteem for, anyone but his fellow Jews and Judaism, the strict, and strictly, Jewish religion. That is, until his blinding encounter with...
The Ending of the End Isn’t

The Ending of the End Isn’t

We are over halfway through the 2022 season of Lent, these 40 days leading up to the completing act of Jesus’ mission on earth, the love cause for which he was sent, the revealed, passionate heart of the Father intently awaiting the restoration of all Creation to...
That’s so yesterday! And so today!

That’s so yesterday! And so today!

It’s about survival. Almost a survival of the fittest, like in jungles. The public ‘mood’ of our times is rough and ready, gritty, me-myself-and-I, perpetually offended, unmoored from pleasantness, mannerliness, outward shows of recognition of the existence (much less...
A Place for Grace

A Place for Grace

‘… in the land that is plentiful, where your streams of abundance flow… when the sun’s shining down on me, when the world’s ‘all that it should be’… These words, found in Matt Redman’s worship song, ‘Blessed Be Your Name,’ lilt off our tongues with such ease, such...
When in Rome …

When in Rome …

Imagine with me, for a few lines, that a young, Californian surfing enthusiast hears rave reviews about Makka Beach in Jamaica being the best water to surf in, ever, hands down. He’s an inexperienced traveler, but on a whim he buys plane tickets with high hopes for...