The alarm disturbs Our treasured sleep And we hit snooze Until it’s too late To participate. How frustrating it must be For Him to witness Our apathy. He worked for Three hard, long years To teach us how to live. He fed the hungry, Encouraged the meek, Healed the sick, Lifted the broken, Ate with […]

If you are angry             Wash someone’s feet If you are thirsty             Give someone drink If you are hungry             Give someone bread If you are grieving             Meet someone’s need If you are hurt             Bind someone’s wounds If you are tired             Lift someone’s soul If you are lonely             Touch someone’s […]

Walking on a well-worn path With confidence I stride O’er the top of a pleasant hill The sky stretched far and wide Into a sun-drenched valley Filled with goldenrod and birches Where finches fly and sparrows cry And I find the path diverges To the East the path is clean and clear Overgrown, a path […]

I am not a voice for politics I am a voice for Jesus Democrat or Republican I am your brother. We stand a nation divided Not because of our beliefs Not because of our wealth Not because of our color We stand a nation divided Because we refuse to break bread together Because we refuse […]

I said I was tired I said I was scarred I said I was empty I said it was hard And Jesus said, “Feed my Sheep.”   I said I was sick In shame hid my face I said I was worthless Used up and disgraced  And Jesus said, “Feed my Sheep.”   I said […]

I have seen the face of heroes I have heard their silent screams I cry for all their emptiness That manifests in dreams.   Amidst the pain and sorrow, Grief, and major loss They overcome their own despair By the power of the cross..   And heal the souls around them Touch their fevered brows […]

SIXTY-SIX TIMES Sixty-six times around the sunNavigating orbitsSun, moon, starsThe clockwork universeTicking off the years,A blink in the eye of God.Blessed beyond measureBy the lives that have intersectedCrossed my orbitAnd shed light on my confusion.God’s grace empowering meTo become that tool that He needsTo be His hands and feetIn a world so in need ofLight, Love […]

I have driftedAmidst languid groansOf wooden shipsWith rhythmic tones,Creaking timberedBeams and bonesWhispered notesAnd anecdotesCadence set by ocean swellsAnd harmonies of distant bells. The melody ofWood on woodShould never beMisunderstoodThe moaningClothed in solitudeBurnished coalsOf ships and soulsMy table strewn with wine and bread,The wind my song, the stars my bed. There’s comfort foundWhen pulled awayFrom restive thoughts,And restless […]

I do not askThat you know my painFor my pain is my painTo be soothed and anointedBy my God. I do not askThat you know my burdenFor my burden is my burdenTo be lifted and carriedBy my savior. I do not askThat you walk in my shoesFor my shoes are my shoesUsed to walk a pathChosen by […]