Cycles of Newness

  I think it was my junior year in high school. I was completely smitten/mildly fond of a certain blonde classmate of mine, I’ll call her Ann. Being a small school, we had quite a few classes in common and she was a riot on the band bus, mutual interests…

So I have to tell you this story of a couple days ago. Driving home from Montana, I decided to take a detour. Driving down I-15 and it was packed in the north lane, miles of cars because of an accident. It gave me pause, thankful I was not backed…

In the Name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. Amen. We worship a God that is a Trinity. He is Father, He is Son, and He is the Holy Spirit. All three have been, are, and always will be. They share everything in common:…

In every person we meet, we find either Christ crucified or Christ glorified, but nevertheless we will find Christ. – One of the Ancient Fathers, I forget which. Relationships are not my strong point, I analyze them to death and kill a good thing with kindness (analysis paralysis, as they…

“God is spirit, and those who worship Him must worship in Spirit and in truth.” — Jesus to the Samaritan woman at Jacob’s Well. Sitting here in St. George watching the golfers tee off after week of fun and good times with the family. I am blessed. Thinking about the…

The Jesus Prayer “Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God, have mercy on me, the sinner.” Forms of the Jesus Prayer have been around since the 4th century. Over the past 17 centuries the prayer has been prayed by Orthodox, Catholic and even Protestant Christians searching after God in their daily…

Alana Massey writes beautifully about losing faith while at divinity school. Source: The Definition of Grace

Shall we go on sinning that pain may increase? Yesterday was a new day for me, a day of firsts. I had a test done on my gallbladder and an encounter with pain that made me reexamine the battle of life and death, and it unfolded faster than any dream…

… of something special. My other hand is grasping a lettuce and tuna wrap from Jimmy Johns, so finger pecking is the current MO. I have never had such a difficult time eating tuna. This thing is in complete anarchy against the forms, it refuses to stay wrapped and sauce…