Dear Friends: Things are a mess. The very earth is changing. There are earthquakes, tsunamis, and volcanoes. Nations are in an uproar of violence, political upheaval, economic crisis, and old regimes are falling. This isn’t CNN. It is Psalm 46. God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble. Therefore we will
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A Word of Grace – October 10, 2011
Dear Friends: There is a rare place on a Southern California sky island where the black oak, locusts, willows and cottonwood trees change color in October. One has to hike in several miles to a secluded valley to find the gold tinged with orange. I have retreated there several fall seasons to deal with personal
A Word of Grace – September 26, 2011
Dear Friends: There will be no message next week for Monday, October 3, because of travel. I’ll be on the lookout for new stories to share with you. Father give me my share of the property that will belong to me (Lk 15:12). Father . . . make me like one of your hired men
A Word of Grace – September 19, 2011
Dear Friends: Rummaging around the Word of Grace archives this weekend, I came across a 2001 message that was originally an entry in my journal during March of that year. It describes the last visit that I had with my parents in their own home before illness and the advance of years brought their lives
A Word of Grace – September 12, 2011
Dear Friends: The noise leading up to the tenth anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks puts me in mind of Solomon’s caution in Ecclesiastes 5:2: “Be not rash with your mouth, nor let your heart be hasty to utter a word before God, for God is in heaven and you are on earth. Therefore let