Monthly Archives: December 2014

On Word Law and Life: A Lamp


On Word Law and Life was my 2011-2012 devotional poem based on Psalm 119. I have been reprinting one or two stanzas each Sunday leading to the end of the year, and here is the finale. WW. Exhausted, Waiting With … Continue reading

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The Light


Originally posted on Hopeful:
I live in brightest light and that light Cleanses my skin and warms me like no other place. From the beginning, that place was here, and yet I had to find it—even though it was here…

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On Word Law and Life: Wicked Loss


On Word Law and Life was my 2011-2012 devotional poem based on Psalm 119. I have been reprinting one or two stanzas each Sunday leading to the end of the year, and I will publish again the ending on New … Continue reading

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Abstract and Concrete


Originally posted on Hopeful:
As I was reading Mark 3: In a Concrete World Some days in this world, the law is such that the silence is deafening, or comments are shouted so harshly that ears ache and minds are…

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Devotions to Our God in the Manger 2014: Fulfilled


Luke 1 A D V E N T  2 0 1 4:    D E V O T I O N S   T O   O U R   G O D   I N   T H E   M A N G E R … Continue reading

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Thomas Kemper’s Mission Musings for Advent


Thomas Kemper is the General Secretary for Global Ministries of the United Methodist Church- See more at: http://www.umcmission.org/learn-about-us/news-and-stories/2014/december/1218becomingkairos#sthash.jUiL2y1D.dpuf He regularly writes an essay–Mission Musings–and I particularly am moved by his Advent message this year. You may see the full message … Continue reading

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Devotions to Our God in the Manger 2014: In Light


A D V E N T   2 0 1 4:   D E V O T I O N S    T  O  O U R   G O D   I N   T H E   MA N G E R Week 4                                                                                                                          Human The Light and the … Continue reading

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