Psalm of Thanksgiving I

A psalm of thanksgiving is a journey from good times through bad and then back to good. This is a psalm I wrote to illustrate the book of Ruth from the perspective of Naomi.  Read it as you would a sermon or devotional.  May the imagined voice of the Naomi help you...

I-94 should be ten miles that way!

          Travel pack (check), pillow (check), lap top (check), coffee mug (fill and double check). Soon I was ready for a big trip with Sean. He had the coffee made and the directions printed out. We were leaving plenty early in the day so we would have no trouble...

The Pink Puppy

A few years ago while I was working as the Assistant Program Director at camp, one of our female counselors had a gigantic stuffed puppy named Rosie.  Of course, little girls doing what little girls do, they latched onto Rosie and she quickly became something of a...

The Man with Drawn Sword

          When Joshua was by Jericho, he lifted up his eyes and looked, and behold, a man was standing before him with his drawn sword in his hand. And Joshua went to him and said to him, “Are you for us, or for our adversaries?” And he said, “No;...

Stump

“‘Even if a tenth part remain in it, it will be burned again, like a terebinth or an oak whose stump remains standing when it is felled.’  The holy seed is its stump.” – Isaiah 6:13 Near the camp dining hall there is a stump; the remnants...

Do you believe God is good?

           Do you believe God is good? Is He concerned with our well being? Do we matter to Him? These questions are raised by christians, by nonchristians, by great scholars and by children. Every year students in colleges across the country pour gallons of ink into...

Pin It on Pinterest