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We are brothers, close in age, Always a test of the other; Mom called us “Thunder and Lightning”. We shared the same experiences, The joy of growing up in country America. Dogs, close neighbors, 5-cent ice cream, steam locomotives, Fishing with worms and long bus rides to school. We didn’t have...

Subtitle: The Rise and Decline of Western Thought and Culture by: Francis A. Schaeffer I just finished this book. To be honest I found it terribly frightening, especially since it was written in 1976. I was anticipating some ending encouragement, some words that would hold out hope...

When Christ comes to call me home, I pray he will; but not too soon; Hope begs He find me in shabby cloths, Stained and torn and over used. Not the wear with holes you buy At some rich cloth boutique. But real scars with tatters and holes Made by years of wear and use. Shredded hems worn...

These Inward Trials by: John Newton I asked the Lord, that I might grow In faith, and love, and every grace; Might more of His salvation know, And seek more earnestly His face. I hoped that in some favored hour At once He’d answer my request, And by His love’s constraining...

Gone is the upturned prayerful face, Cast in the glow of wonderous grace, The royal colors are faded dim, While no one bends to see. Gone too, the Elders and High Priests, Towering columns vault not above, No sacred family kneels amazed, While blessing hands hover o’erhead. The Song of Praise...

A Prayer Help me today Lord, Not to be a good servant; But a true servant with joy. May there be spring in my step, Even when overburdened. May love fill my eyes, even seeing, What I wish not to see. May music ring my ears, and sweetness sound my voice, When there are but sobs in my heart...

We pass them, majestic; Towering above everything near, Hardly noting their existence, Despite their enormity. They stand for years, More than a century witness, To seasons and change, Older than memory. They spring from tiny seed, That floats for miles on a breath of breeze, Lighter than a...

Something has bothered me for a long time, an uneasiness that refuses to resolve. This may prove controversial and not everyone will agree or support these thoughts. That’s OK, here goes anyway. The internet has allowed me to research and read hundreds of Vision and Mission statements from...

I know… What magical feeling you have when patrolling a neighborhood at 4:00am, How you feel when the sun finally begins to rise after a long, quite shift, How you probe the neighborhood’s alleys and lanes where bad things start, All the subtle ways you use the badge, uniform and car to keep...

Physically tired; yes, but more, Emotionally, spiritually, intellectually weary. Going takes every bit of energy, Tomorrow is yesterday yet again. Exhausted by the search, Praying empty prayers. No more books and no more answers, From good willed people who never seek. Churches are the same...

Denham; isolated, unknown, Long outlived by usefulness, Between other lonely places, No one known calls home. Sand blown fields stretch out away, Farmers of corn and beans and sandburs. Nothing changes, there was never luster, It is faint and old and gray. Once a store, a bar, a post office...

In Leviticus 20: 1-5 God establishes a punishment that is to be delivered for a sin. He then goes further and states that He will turn his back upon anyone who fails to carry out that punishment. I am no Bible scholar but can find no other instance in Leviticus where He takes his commands to...

Ancient Israel, in a valley steep and hot, Promises of ease and comfort were pursued, On a bastard altar of man’s own hand, While drumbeats hid the anguished cries. In Topheth are found molded earthen jars, Buried in Ben-Hinnom’s filth, Attesting that olden greed with pleas, Bodies of burned...

Please excuse my errors. I accepted Jesus as my Lord and Savior many years ago but still have much to learn. My biggest issues right now are with the church which appears to be ungodly and largely irrelevant. Lately I have been reading and studying on my own, sometimes I just don't have the...