- A Lenten Exercise
- Meditation on Deuteronomy 26:4-10
- Isaiah 60:1-5, 6b – My Paraphrase
- A Christmas Song for You
- Psalm 24:1-6 – My Paraphrase
- A Definition of History
- Weeping and Laughter
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- Big Bug Means No Power
- Random Thought-March 2, 2016
- March 2, 2016
- The Skin It Was In
- A Window Darkly
- Psalm 143:1-11 My Paraphrase
- Hymns Versus Praise Choruses
- Don’t Be Afraid
- Old Tractor
- The Face of an Angel
- Select Verses from Judith
- Giving and Receiving
- A Light Shines
- Being Awake
- Darkness and Light, Hate and Love
- Hospitality
- Faith and Certainty
- Surprises in Life
- 1, 2, 3, 4 . . . 4
- I’m a FOUR – The Individualist (aka “The Romantic”)
- Three-Toned or Is It Four?
- Training Up a Child
- John 9:1-41 Worship and Preaching Resources
- A Great Quote from Rowan Williams
- Isaiah 2:1-5 – My Paraphrase
- Purple Reign
- Red Leaves
- Solitary
- An Iron Cross – Quote from Dwight D. Eisenhower
- Fly and Flowers
- Cross in the Shadows
- This Week’s Video Clip: The Prayer of Saint Francis
- Ebony and . . . Buttery???
- Our Hunger by Frederick Buechner
- A Service of Healing
- Here’s Somebunny
- A Small Waterfall in Western Pennsylvania
- Time
- Devotion – God Is No Fool by Lois Cheney
- What’s Needling You?
- Spiritual Direction
- Crossed Fingers
- On Line or In Line?
- Henri Nouwen on “Blessing”
- “The Jesus Creed” by Brian McLaren
- He’s Dead, Jim
- Pop vs Soda vs Coke?
- He Sees You
- The Rich Young Ruler Revisited
- After the Betrayal . . . It Wasn’t Quite this Pretty
- “If it’s Us or Them, It’s Us for Them” and “My Enemies Are Men Like Me”
- The Christian Religion
- A Weed By Any Other Name
- Micah 6:6-8 (My Paraphrase)
- From My Days at EKU
- A Hymn to the Trinity
- My Paraphrase of Isaiah 6:1-12
- Nails
- Abraham Lincoln on Forgetting God
- A Statement of Faith – The Church of Scotland
- The Key to Something . . . The Key to Everything
- Grace
- Christians and the Bible
- Welcome
- You are Valued
- Soul Ache
- Following Jesus
- The Prayer Before the Prayer
- This Is Just to Say
- A Quote that Is Informing my Sermon Preparation
- The Mercy of God
- The Prayer Before the Prayer
- Enter at Your Own Risk
- Devotion on Psalm 42:1-2
- A Paraphrase and Reflection Upon Psalm 34:1-8
- Ararat: A Movie Review
- A Bruised, Hurting and Dirty Church
- Listening
- Luke 4:21-30 – My Paraphrase and a Reflection
- Luke 4:14-21 – My Paraphrase and a Reflection
- Heaven Can Wait
- Five of the Best Paragraphs Ever Written in the English Language
- Questions to Ask before Posting to Social Media
- Starting Over
- Remember
- 1 Corinthians 13 – Contemporary Paraphrase
- A Morning Prayer by Thomas Merton
- Ant on the Sidewalk
- A Moss-covered Tree Stump
- What I Want to Be – Fred Craddock
- Devotion on Psalm 50:16-17
- Sunrise Over Central Pennsylvania
- Name These Flowers . . . Please
- Hope Springs
- Mother Mary in Central Pennsylvania
- Find the Ant
- So the Wind Won’t Blow It All Away
- Looking Across the Potomac
- Red Rocks – Photo 6
- Red Rocks – Photo 5
- Red Rocks – Photo 4
- Red Rocks – Photo 3
- Red Rocks – Photo 2
- Red Rocks – Photo 1
- Blooming Cactus
- Cemetery Angel
- Joshua Tree at Red Rocks – Color Me Unimpressed.
- Pale Pods
- Little Drops of Sunshine (with Bug)
- Purple Flower with Raindrops
- Grasshopper and . . . What is That on the Other Leaf???
- Modified Flower
- Can You See the Bug?
- Flowers and Fly
- Twisted Tree with Sprig
- A Fungus Among Us
- Tiny Daisies
- Sunlight through Mary Jane Falls
- Steps to Nowhere
- Flowers Along the Way
- Hiking to Ruby Falls
- Moving Slowly
- Fuzzy Purple
- Red Berries
- Tangled
- A Reflection on Psalm 90
- Matthew 7:1-14 (My Paraphrase)
- Captured
- Don’t Judge
- Pink and White
- Isaiah 63:7-9 – My Paraphrase
- Galatians 4:4-7 – My Paraphrase
- Today’s Pastors
- A Four-Year Lectionary – Rough Draft
- Prayer of Confession (based on James 2)
- Butterflies at French Creek State Park
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- A Single Berry
- Cross in Window
- Purple Flower with Dew
- A Paraphrase of 1 Corinthians 12:1-11
- The Thicket of the Cross
- The Church and Preaching
- Five Things I Don’t Ever Want to Forget
- A Person’s Measure
- Calls to Discipleship – The Rich Man
- Purple Pansy
- Making God Visible
- Peace
- Finding Christ
- Seeing Beauty
- Letting Go in Order to Have
- Bridge and Stream
- People Don’t Wait Forever
- EKU’S Dorothy Sutton named a “Kentucky Great Writer”
- My Favorite Movies of 2009
- Hospitality
- Resting in God
- Expressions My Family and Friends From the Old Country (Kentucky) Used
- Saved by Hope, Faith and Love
- A Devotion on Job 23
- Just a Few Thoughts for Today
- A Prayer by Thomas Merton
- Coping with Loss – Anne Lamott
- The Graveyard Book – A Brief Review
- The Struggle Continues
- Flannery O’Connor on the Church
- All We Know of Love
- The Message of the Gospel
- Purple Pansy
- A Life in a 100 Words or So
- Love Quote
- Daylight Saving Time – A Bad Poem
- Quote for Today – John Newton
- Pastors and Blogging
- Taking Prayer Seriously
- The Visitor – A Short Review
- Love Came Down at Christmas
- Bulletin Cover Art – John the Baptist from Mark 1:2-4
- The Death Report for the Day I Was Born – November 9th
- Bulletin Cover for Joshua 24:15
- Bulletin Cover for Matthew 25:13
- My Paraphrase of Matthew 22:1-14
- Be the First to Name this Flower
- Trip to NYC with Desiree – June 2008
- My Advice to Pastors – New and Old
- A Short Book Review – Leaving Church by Barbara Brown Taylor
- The Ancestry of the Humes Family
- The Akedah – Kierkegaard and Protecting God
- The Akedah – The Binding of Isaac
- A Yellow Flower
- Jesus Died for You . . .
- Genesis 3:1-7
- Faith and Faith Alone.
- Prayers Requested
- A “Good Friday” Christian
- My Paraphrase of Matthew 4:1-11
- Great Quote: Anne Lamott on Forgiving
- Tombstone Picture – Clipped Wing and Hands
- A Christmas Card from John the Baptist
- All I Need
- Simply Beautiful
- Must See Film: No Country For Old Men
- Just Another Glorious (and yes, purple) Flower
- Faith
- You’ve Got to Hand it to Her
- Quotes on America, Freedom, Independence
- Quote on UK Basketball: Hunter S. Thompson
- Powerpoint Backgrounds for Ordinary Time
- Joseph Gordon-Levitt – A Great Actor of His Generation
- Powerpoint Slides for Trinity Sunday
- Reflections on The Red Wheel Barrow
- Mother Mary in Stained Glass
- A Quote from the Movie Ararat
- Kurt Vonnegut, Novelist Who Caught the Imagination of His Age, Is Dead at 84
- A Recycled and Expanded Post: Dying to Live
- Photoblog: Last Pictures of My Trip
- Photoblog: Day 6 of My Trip – Part 3
- Photoblog: Day 6 of My Trip – Part 2
- Photoblog: Day 6 of My Trip – Part 1
- Photoblog: Day 5 of My Trip
- Photoblog: Day 4 of My Trip, Part 2
- Photoblog: Day 4 of my Trip, Part 1
- Photoblog for Days 2 and 3 of my Trip
- Photoblog for Day 1 of my Trip
- Soon to Be “On the Road”
- Rickie Lee Jones: My First Pop Crush and Her New CD
- My Paraphrase of Philippians 3:17-4:1
- Luke 13:31-35
- “Simple Song” by Yours Truly
- “Ask Me” by William Stafford
- Tired
- Pan’s Labyrinth: A Review
- The Cross of Christ
- The ‘Following Jesus’ Manifesto
- Why People Blog
- “If You Forget Me” by Pablo Neruda
- The Only Human-made Things in Heaven
- I Think the Cat Just Wanted to Be Fed
- Kierkegaard on Becoming a Christian
- My Paraphrase of Philippians 4:4-7 (8-9)
- My Paraphrase of Luke 3:1-6
- My Paraphrase of Philippians 1:3-11
- “Gentle As Silence”
- The Death of Robert Altman
- The Death of Jack Palance and “The One Thing”
- Eugene Peterson on Pastors in America
- Quote O’ The Day – On Prayer
- Reflection on Mark 10:17-31
- Quote O’ the Day – Brennan Manning
- Barbara Brown Taylor on Jesus’ Death and Religion
- V for Vendetta – A Film Review
- A Firecracker of an Album – The Wailin Jennys
- Thomas Merton on Mercy
- The War Prayer
- Today’s Quotes – Love
- Devotion on Proverbs 22 and Isaiah 35
- Leaving the Church
- The Girl in the Cafe: The Little Movie that Could and Did
- Farewell Old Friend
- A Simple Prayer
- Just Another Badly Worded Church Sign
- The Girl In the Cafe – A Movie Review (Some Spoilers)
- Strange Church Signs and Equally Strange Reactions
- Learning from Experience?
- Some Great Quotes from Churchill
- Mothers Know Best
- The Only Winning Move
- A Poem by e. e. cummings
- A Day in the Life
- Provocative Quotes on War
- Big Red Soda
- “The Great Challenge Today” – Quote by Raimon Panikkar
- Idolatry – What Takes God’s Place in My Heart
- Illinoise – A Review of Sufjan Stevens’ CD
- A Poem by Dennis Brutus
- Two Poems by Wendell Berry
- A Poem by Wendell Berry
- Frederick Buechner on the Craziness of Jesus and His Followers
- A Word (or two or more) for Today – sunday, september 11, 2005
- My Favorite Picture in the World (with me in it, that is)
- War of the Worlds
- A Devotion on Psalm 146
- Quotes on Peace
- “Playing” Church Versus “Being” Church
- Radical Christianity
- Deadly Poison
- And the Dead Shall Arise
- Jesus Called Him “Friend”
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