the speckled sheep

She looked up at me with those wide brown eyes, the slight lines of guilt and shame on her two-year-old face betraying her inner fears.  I ...

Almighty God and Ground of Being, Ineffable and Eternal One beyond name, You are a mass of contradictions to me:  terrible and fierce like ...

The soft pitter-patter of rain Awakens me this day Bringing comfort  On a lonely morning of mourning  The soft pitter-patter of f...

Faith, a fleeting thing, Is a mist that appears for no reason  Vanishing at the slightest happenstance  Unwieldy, uncontrollable  A...

Just gonna drop this marvelous quote right here: Love has no middle term; either it destroys, or it saves. All human destiny is this dile...

Watch Take Shelter before reading this.  The less you know about the film the better.  It is an event that happens to the viewer. --...

Today many of my theologian and Christian friends are posting thoughts and quotes about Martin Luther since the Reformation officially beg...

Recently to feed my mind and soul, I've been watching the occasional documentary on Youtube.  Today Raphael Treza's film Cobra Gyps...

2017 has been a year that has made me less political in general.  As a teenager I was a staunch conservative; since at least 2004, however,...

I believe in what I can’t change in a hard lesson learned and the strength from my pain and I believe in what I can’t prove in the joy of n...