Where, and how, do you feel God? Where, and how, do you find peace? The Light of the World gifts these to me.
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Bible Thought
ECCLESIASTES
ECCLESIASTES Today is a detour from the Gospel of Saint Luke. Reading Luke one chapter at a time and trying to break it down into thoughts, I needed a break and redirection. For this, I went back to one of my favorite books in the Old Testament: Ecclesiastes. For Ecclesiastes, I’m not breaking […]
Bible Thought
LUKE 10: THE GOOD SAMARITAN
LUKE 10 Luke 10 begins with Jesus appointing seventy-two disciples and sending them out to begin preaching and serving God. He tells them, “Go: Behold I send you as lambs among the wolves,” and instructs his disciples to extend good will and blessings to all they encounter. If accepted, the blessings will remain with […]
Journal Pages / Quick Thought
KEEP WRITING
What’s the point in a story if we don’t believe it ourselves?
Short Story
MAGIC
“Life needs a little Magic, don’t you think? Maybe It isn’t real, all imagined; or maybe there’s something to It. Maybe we manifest It, or maybe we sense and allow It to show and live through us. Whatever It is, even if It’s nothing, I’d rather live in belief in Its possibility than a […]
Short Story
OASIS IN THE SKY
They climbed a switchback trail ascending through stands of aspen and lodgepole pines until line where trees stunted then gave way to snow and lichen spread over rock scree and solid granite slopes. They set camp beside an alpine lake within a cradle of surrounding peaks that shone grey in day and changed […]
Bible Thought
LUKE 7 and 8: THE CENTURION, PARABLE OF THE SEED, CALMING THE STORM
LUKE 7, LUKE 8 In Luke 7, Jesus continues to travel and heal the sick. In Capharnaum, Jesus is led to a Roman Centurion who has been good to the Israelites. When Jesus arrives, the centurion sent messengers to Jesus as he neared the centurion’s home, “Lord, trouble not thyself; for I am not […]
Short Story
IN THE SHALLOWS
“Ada wondered that herons could tolerate each other close enough to breed. She had seen a scant number in her life, and those so lonesome as to make the heart sting on their behalf. Everywhere they were seemed far from home.”—Charles Frazier, Cold Mountain The heron held in the shadows, her long legs […]
Bible Thought
LUKE 6: ACTS ON THE SABBATH, SERMON ON THE MOUNT, AND THE BEATITUDES
LUKE 6 Luke 6 begins with Jesus and his disciples being questioned for gathering food to eat, and for performing acts on the Sabbath. As Jesus begins to fulfill his purpose on earth, those in established and, judging, positions become more intent on detecting and admonishing faults and his breakings of holy commandments. […]