Painting by Joe Hill; Image credit: Tessa Mills Every day the news worsens, and it seems as if the world is being torn apart. It’s as though everyone is angry, letting hate flow like liquids from our hearts. I don’t believe this craziness is permanent, and we can and will see a better day, If... Continue Reading →
When you teach a course at the local college and take one class toward a Master's degree, there is very little time for cleaning the house. I have learned to live by the phrase printed on a pillow a pastor friend gave me years ago, "I cleaned my house last week, sorry you missed it!"... Continue Reading →
Daily writing promptDescribe a man who has positively impacted your life.View all responses We called him Uncle Red, and I never learned why he had that nickname. He was the only one of my father's siblings that did not drink alcohol. He worked at the train depot behind where we lived with his sister, our... Continue Reading →
Luke 8: 40-48 As Jesus was on his way, the crowds almost crushed him. And a woman was there who had been subject to bleeding for twelve years, but no one could heal her. She came up behind him and touched the edge of his cloak, and immediately her bleeding stopped. “Who touched me?” Jesus asked. When they all denied it,... Continue Reading →
Daily writing promptWhat is one thing you would change about yourself?View all responses I am working to change the tendency to see a problem before it happens. Most of the time, what I fear never materializes. For example, when I walk into a store, I worry that people will think that, as a black person,... Continue Reading →
A Park in Porto, Portugal, June 2023 Psalm 66: 5-9 Come and see what our God has done, what awesome miracles he performs for people! He made a dry path through the Red Sea, and his people went across on foot. There we rejoiced in him. For by his great power, he rules forever. He... Continue Reading →
“There’s no cure for a beast like me,” Victor said, a sardonic smile on his face. He stood there looking at himself in the mirror, pride and arrogance emanating from every pore. He straightened an imagined wrinkle in his left trouser leg and laughed at the fiery red-haired woman who thought that love would transform... Continue Reading →
Image Credit:12019 @ Pixabay Like the lighthouse that stands silent in the night, I have the Light inside me to guide the captives home. I must choose to let it shine, no matter the costs, For those trying to find a place they've never known. The Light says, "Come to me, burdened and weary ones,"... Continue Reading →
Between teaching a course twice a week and taking a class online twice a week, I have had little time for blogging. I made many plans for writing but forgot that I had passed the "three score and ten years" mark. I am enjoying teaching and have one more week of classes and finals for... Continue Reading →
Bailey lay in the sand, suffering the doldrums because of the craziness of the humans arguing politics at the beach around him. He couldn't understand how they could be so angry in the bucolic setting of mountains, lots of trees, warm sand, and the ocean. What is it with these guys? Can't they just relax... Continue Reading →
Help from Heaven 