This is a song I wrote and our worship band recorded a few years ago. It sort of describes how I'm feeling right now. Being carried isn't such a bad thing. The line that's hitting me right now is: "Clear from my hearing the challenging noise of all my distractions and counterfeit joys." It shows that I have a bit of a country/ bluegrass/ Celtic side to me. Enjoy! (oh… the background singer is my wonderful friend Ellen). MP3 File Read more
I didn’t feel much like posting today, and the main reason is because I’m so tired. Exhausted! So I’ll post about this then. I have been engaged in very intense meetings with people over the past several weeks. There’s all kinds of stuff going on in the lives of the people of our community. And lots of it threatens the very life, the very existence of this community. This community always feels like it is on the brink of extinction.... Read more
This is an oil painting I did a couple of years ago. I call it “The Fall”. I’m not a pessimist when it comes to the human race. I think I’m a realist. I put no hope in the human race, but I do hope for the human race. There’s a difference. After being a person for so long and hanging around them for so long, I know we are marked by a fallenness. There is a tragically broken chord... Read more
I was waiting in line at a post office outlet that is at the back of our drug store. The line-ups are already getting long. I mail almost every day… sending out art that people have purchased from me online HERE and HERE. I began to notice that I was feeling irritated. Then I realized why: they are already playing Christmas music! I was starting to feel anxious about Christmas gifts: choosing them, wrapping them, and mailing them out with... Read more
(ADDED NOTE: My image in this post is available on T-shirts, etc., HERE.) Several time over the past years I’ve had people say that they detect lots of pain in our congregation. With the best of intentions they say that they also sense that this pain will pass and the church will move into its destiny of a great and wonderful future. I used to cling to those kinds of promises because the pain we were experiencing as a congregation... Read more
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