SPOKEN SILENCE

A common phrase among Christians is that we are "Easter people" or a "resurrection people." We are a people who live into the hope of the...

Some of you know my background, others of you don’t. I grew up in a house saturated with Science and Math. My Papaw did his undergrad in...

The rising of the sun has always meant something special to me. There's something entrancing about watching the light grow stronger on...

This darker path into the heart of pain Was also hers whose love enfolded him In flesh and wove him in her womb. Again The sword is...

"Let me hear of your loving-kindness in the morning, for I put my trust in you; show me the road that I must walk, for I lift up my soul...

Lamentations 2:1-4; 10-13 How the Lord in his anger has humiliated daughter Zion! He has thrown down from heaven to earth the splendor...

I'm frustrated. My last post was entitled "Bliss" - and I still can't fully explain how happy I've been here at OSH. Bliss is only a...

"Let me not to the marriage of true minds Admit impediments. Love is not love Which alters when it alteration finds, Or bends with the...

Part of me really doesn't want to write this post. Part of me, the part that hates confrontation, thinks that it would be a post better...

"perhaps i don't deserve nice things cause i'm paying for sins i don't remember" ~rupi kaur As he [Jesus] walked along, he saw a man...

Today is a difficult day. Holy Saturday. A day of emptiness. A day of darkness. A day of silence. I imagine that Saturday had to feel...

I'm hurting these days. My routine is shot to pieces, I've been laid off, and I'm isolated from my friends. I'm not the only one feeling...

These are dark days. People are sick, and people are dying. People are anxious, and people are depressed. People are losing their jobs,...

“That time of year thou mayest in me behold When yellow leaves, or none, or few, do hang Upon those boughs which shake against the cold,...

In my last post I mentioned that God is indeed present to us if we would just open our eyes to see. This is the first step of praying the...

“Draw near to God, and God will draw near to you.” James 4:8a In Exodus, Moses asked by what name God is called. What name is given to...

How fickle my heart and how woozy my eyes I struggle to find any truth in your lies And now my heart stumbles on things I don't know My...

Luke 15 11 Then Jesus said, “There was a man who had two sons. 12 The younger of them said to his father, ‘Father, give me the share of...

Today is my third morning on the grounds of the Order of Saint Helena in North Augusta, South Carolina. Many of you have followed my...

"Rejoice always, pray without ceasing, give thanks in all circumstances; for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you." 1...