It’s a Wonderful Life

It’s a Wonderful Life

Maybe you, like me, can reflect on some past circumstances which felt so crushing as to be beyond survival. And maybe you, like me, can now look back in wonderment at how, indeed, we did survive and perhaps even prosper, despite the ‘end-of-life’ rocky stretch. And...
Sunshine, lollipops and rainbows

Sunshine, lollipops and rainbows

In the dark ages, before communications became instantaneous and ‘multiplicitous,’ curious things happened when a young man’s ‘fancy turned to love.’ Some were motivated to drive hundreds of miles on a Friday evening to see their beloved, only to make the return trip...
Exceedingly more!

Exceedingly more!

Here’s a reminder of this magnificent passage from Paul’s letter to the church at Rome. The more I read it, the more I see of the brilliant, exuberant joy of God’s plan – all for us. Reading these verses all but silences all ‘woe is me!’ funks. What’s...
The Music is Still Playing

The Music is Still Playing

God is love! By living in God, love has been brought to its full expression in us.  .   . Love never brings fear.  .  . Love’s perfection drives fear .  .  . far from our hearts. from 1 John 4, TPT Hidden evil powers driving today’s...
More than your greatest request

More than your greatest request

Spoiler alert: The following is another flight of PD imagination. I often like to try to fill in Scripture’s ‘silent gaps,’ those so-intriguing times when a ton of movie-worthy things are happening, but which are not recorded for us. So… As the young and...