Category: Pilgrimage of Prayer

Even fully clothed, she weighs less than any baby doll in my granddaughters room.  Her head is not any larger than my fist and it is covered in thick, dark woolly hair. As I gaze into her expression-filled eyes, my tears run unhindered down my cheeks like spring rain in the dessert.  It is a wonder…
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Its 4:30 am… been up for a long while… sleep is not a strong suit and is overrated; like eating, a dalliance in comfort and pleasure. The windows are open, there is refreshing, cool breeze in our spacious flat as the first Muslim prayer call goes out in the sleeping city of Jerusalem. Prayer is…
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“Behold, I will gather them from all the countries to which I drove them in my anger and my wrath and in great indignation. I will bring them back to this place, and I will make them dwell in safety. And they shall be my people, and I will be their God. I will give…
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Today is Sunday… Easter Sunday and I am so honored to be spending it sharing with you. Easter is important to me and I am so very glad you dropped by, albeit electronically, to share in the memories and secret innermost thoughts and musings that God has given. Throughout my life, God has blessed me.…
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Have you ever felt alone… truly alone … abandoned by all. Rejected and unloved by those who are supposed to love… utterly and completely alone? It’s as if you are adrift in an ocean of water… being tossed, no… beaten and thrashed by angry pounding, relentless waves that are taking you farther… farther away from…
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Got up this morning with a hankerin’ to make my favorite… Toll House chocolate chip cookies. Cookies for breakfast? Well… why not. What could be better! Even though the batter is not yet stirred, I can imagine the smell… Oh, what a lovely bouquet… the joy and sweet pleasure of the aromatic fragrance… Toll House…
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Today, a message is sent forth… to the further most ends of the earth… to the church scattered… standing on the holy hill (Psalms 43: 3-5), the watchman speaks (Isaiah 21:12). Awake… Arise… for Gods salvation is at hand (Romans 13: 11). Being united into one body, baptized together in Christ (1 Corinthians 12: 12-13),,…
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When I was a kid there were two play ground games that I absolutely detested. One was dodge ball or aka death ball and the other was Red Rover. The game requires around 10 or more players total and is thought to have originated in Britain and then spread to Australia, Canada and the United…
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Have you ever wondered…. why do we love stories? Is it the adventure of going far, far away to very different places that are mysterious, enchanted, dangerous, or serenely tranquil… Imagining ourselves to be a lovely maiden who will triumph though adversity becoming a princess? Someone once compared storytelling to the first flight simulator. And…
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“I’ve been dreaming of a true love’s kiss, and a prince, I’m hoping, comes with this. That’s what brings ever-aftering so happy… ” That was me… I woke up this morning from dreaming about love and then hearing this first line playing over and over in my head. But before you commit me, answer one…
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