Category Archives: daily living

Questions Without Answers

Good evening, Beloved Readers. Ever had a question that nagged at you? A question that demanded an answer, and like now? Yet in all your searching, you find there’s no answer? Welcome to tonight’s post. Tonight, I’m talking about questions … Continue reading

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What’s Your Story?

Good evening Beloved Readers! You know why I still can go to church even though I’m still grieving? Even though I cannot see our son, Carrington in worship service? What strength God puts in me to go? It’s the people. … Continue reading

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A Grief Confronted

Hello and a blessed Palm Sunday! Today’s post is a continuation of yesterday’s post. Today, I’m at church. I didn’t feel like going; however, my wife, Crystal encouraged me to go. Right now, the minister is preaching from Matthew 26 … Continue reading

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A Grief Felt

I am I am in tears right now. I feel as if losing Carrington, God played some cruel joke on my wife and I. Next month would be Carrington’s 16th birthday. He would be getting ready to finish 10th grade … Continue reading

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Life Is… (Lent 2024 Version)

Life is bittersweet, and bittersweetness is greatly to be preferred to pure sweetness. In the classic iconography of Heaven, everyone is 33 years old, everyone looks the same, and everything is oddly dead, like plastic flower on a grave. In … Continue reading

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Looking For Love In All the Wrong Places*

Scripture text: John 4:1-26 (Jesus and the Samaritan Woman) Hello Beloved Readers! Today is the Third Sunday in Lent; the Third Week in Lent. I want to bring up a subject that can be examined in Lent. I know today’s … Continue reading

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No Easy Road (Lent 2024 Version)

I don’t feel no ways tiredI’ve come too far from where I started fromNobody told me that the road would be easyI don’t believe He brought me this far to leave me From “I Don’t Feel Noways Tired” by Rev. … Continue reading

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Love at Lent

When they had finished breakfast, Jesus said to Simon Peter, “Simon son of John, do you love me more than these?” He said to him, “Yes, Lord; you know that I love you.” Jesus said to him, “Feed my lambs.” … Continue reading

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Creativity and Healing

Can creativity heal? I believe so. It’s no secret that a lot of mental health therapists will suggest using creative avenues to their clients to work through their issues. In fact, there’s a branch of mental health called Art Therapy. … Continue reading

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Is There Still a Balm in Gilead?

Is there no balm in Gilead? Is there no physician there? Why then has the health of the daughter of my people not been restored? Jeremiah 8:22 (NRSVUE) We are sick! Yes, I said it. We are sick! When Evangelicals … Continue reading

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