The Again in Hunger

I’m working away this afternoon and realize that I’m really hungry. I went into the kitchen only to discover that I left my waffle I left in the toaster. No wonder. I constantly have to feed myself and Keck and anyone else that’s here at dinnertime. As it turns out new kitchen gadgets make me…

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{Re}invoke

Two words in Thessalonians are almost haunting. constantly pray, i thessalonians 5:17, NET Especially when the news is bad. Single car accident. Paralyzed from the neck down. Stenosis of the neck. Another UTI. Grief at the loss of a young daughter. Another mass shooting. Immigrants detained. Constantly pray. Pray without ceasing. Do. Not. Ever. Stop.…

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{Re}mix

I love hymns. But I’m too lazy on Sundays to go to a worship service that includes them. Instead it’s all praise and worship music. That’s okay, but those songs are repetitive, sometimes seem a little less than theologically sound (I’m still convinced God’s love for us isn’t reckless), and don’t really connect you to…

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{Re}juvenate

I took a shower before posting tonight. I feel all rejuvenated. I should have thought of that before now. Perhaps my writing would be fresher more often. Yet, a lot about rejuvenation is getting clean. Whether it’s washing your body or dusting — rejuvenation takes off the old dirt and scum to reveal the clean…

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{Re}build & {Re}pair

After the tornado last night, there are a few agains I wish to never hear of, well, again. These are some of those agains especially after a monstrous storm. I counted at least 4 churches, one organic nursery, a Home Depot, and fire station ripped to pieces. Dozens more homes destroyed in blink. I haven’t…

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