River of the Heavens

Out for a stroll one night down the boulevard lined with tall pines I looked skyward where the tips of the branches formed the banks of the great river of the heavens. Some clouds ferried across like lily pads and glinting between and behind were the diamonds of the constellations laying like lost and ancient … Continue reading →

Stand or Fall

There is only one upright position physically as mentally but myriads of ways and angles by which our minds can be tilted and led off in some wrong direction.   Or as someone has put it, only one angle to stand by but innumerable angles  by which to fall.  The “right angle” and motive is … Continue reading →

LANDSLIDES OF PRAISE

“PRAISE the LORD. ,,,,,Praise him all his angels, praise him, all his host! (Psalm 148) “Let everything that breathes praise the LORD!” (Psalm 150) -Words are never wasted in Scripture.   If the psalmist commands the angels to praise the Lord in psalm 148,  for example, it must be because we as believers have the … Continue reading →

Communication is a Discipline

I’m beginning to believe that human to human communication is (almost) ‘ as important a spiritual discipline as prayer or bible study, or the sharing of our faith which,  of course,  also involves communication.  The shepherds of sheep in those lands where it is still common often talk to their flocks and call to individual … Continue reading →

The Unprecedented

This question in various forms has been rumbling round in my mind for weeks now.  What are you (what am I) as a believer doing or attempting now that you or I would not even consider apart from our faith? What kind of activity or enterprise is there in our day that is only there … Continue reading →