“All who are thirsty come”

“Come, all you who are thirsty, come to the waters; and you who have no money, come, buy and eat! Come, buy wine and milk without money and without cost.” Isaiah 55:1 The eye-witness account by the apostle John (and also of a disciple named Philip) relates the true narrative of Jesus meeting a Samaritan…

Good Company

“Will to do His will” “Bridges Get Walked On” “He chooses you.” Grab some Starbucks and enjoy this incredible Interview with Rosaria Butterfield; January 11, 2013   The Collect For the Second Sunday of Lent (and my prayer):   O God, whose glory it is always to have mercy:  Be gracious to all who have…

Tear Down That Anthropocentricity

  It may have been in the later 1970s that I became aware of Alexander Solzhenitsyn.  I don’t recall exactly what brought him to my attention. It may have been news reports of the Soviet Union’s exiled dissident. Solzhenitsyn had been deported from the USSR and stripped of Soviet citizenship in 1974. He later came…

Fear and Loathing in America’s Shires

I know, I know, I am polemical.  I polarize people with my words.  I piss people off because I am ever seeking to destroy pretense.  And yet at this juncture in my life I understand this irksome gift as a God-given trait that must be used.  This does not mean that I am perfect, of…

Sonogram

            Who Has Believed Our Report?   “Feel! Joseph! Feel!” “Put your hand on my belly!” “A kick! And there, another!” “Feel the dancing embrace? The limbs akimbo?” “My womb, my words have become pregnant with blessing.”   (The Word made has been made flesh – A black and white sonogram prophesied…

“A Dudele” “A Song”

A Dudele, Yiddish: (A Song to God) Master of the Universe, Master of the Universe, Master of the Universe, Master of the Universe, Master of the Universe! I will sing a song to you: You, You, You, You, You!   Where can I seek You, and where can I not seek You? Where can I…