Ancient Paths in a Modern World

"Stand by the roads, and look, and ask for the ancient paths, where the good way is; and walk in it, and find rest for your souls." 

Meditation

  • From the Digital Ashes… The Beautiful You 

    A friend and I went to an Arts conference a few weeks ago. It was one of the first times I publicly identified as a writer. Although I have always identified as an artist, it was refreshing to specifically own up to writing.  Perhaps in the past, I thought if I don’t tell anyone then Read more

  • Luminaries

    Do you know what’s wrong with this country?! And what’s wrong with the political system? Do you know what’s wrong with this younger generation? And the schools? What’s wrong with the church?!?! The problem is that we are conditioned by this world to focus and dwell on what’s wrong!! (How’s that for a Jesus-juke?!) In Read more

  • Murmuration and My Significance 

    Have you ever witnessed a flock of starling murmurate? If you have, you’ll likely have it imprinted on your mind. 15 years ago Theresa and I were traveling in our car in eastern North Carolina when we saw a huge flock of starling murmurating. To Theresa’s surprise we pulled over to watch them. It was Read more

  • Never Closer…

    You are never closer to another person than when you are praying for them. And that is not bound by proximity of the body, just the heart. Read more

  • Preachers and Politicians

    “Watch out! Beware of the leaven of the Pharisees, and the leaven of Herod.” – Jesus (Mark 8:15) Jesus is noted as making a similar statement in Matthew 16:12-13. Both comments that he made were seemingly out of context of the situation He and His disciples were in and both times He didn’t elaborate much on the Read more

  • Neo Midrash

    It’s been said that knowing G-d is akin to a person pointing up to the moon. The finger that points is the people, the scriptures, the lessons, etc. and the moon is G-d. The finger does its absolute best to point in the right direction and if that goes well the observer sees the moon Read more

  • normal

    When I’m not invested in mission or distracted by the simple pursuits of life… I feel a deep ache. The world is not as it should be. Most pursuits are vanity. Very little is rightly aligned to Heaven. I see now why the believers of the first few centuries struggled with living the normal life. Read more

  • Theseus’s Ship

    I initially became acquainted with the overwhelming presence of G-d in a heap, on the floor, under a blanket. I had all BUT completely train-wreaked my life by the time I was a young adult. From a broken home, having developed a twisted perspective of life, I barely escaped landing in prison. I remember at Read more

  • The Pandemic of the Preoccupied Mind

    3 months ago I stepped away from social media. I had become too immersed in what was happening online. I frequently got into squabbles. I cared too much about how people critiqued what I shared. I watched what people were doing and saying all the time. I felt like I had a life there, to Read more

  • One Allegiance

    Psalm 118:22-23 A stone which the builders rejectedHas become the chief cornerstone.This came about from the Lord;It is marvelous in our eyes. As children, we find great fitment and companionship with other kids, with our teachers, and with the schools we attend. We find great comfort in being accepted and having a social environment to fit in to. Read more