Category Archives: Heart, Spirit, and Faith

Chapter 1 of My Novel about “Jazz Church”

Earth’s crammed with heaven, And every common bush afire with God; But only he who sees takes off his shoes; The rest sit around it and pluck blackberries. —Elizabeth Barrett Browning All around us are parables of God’s kingdom. Each … Continue reading

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A Christmas Eve Meditation

What a beautiful day this has been! The trees, coated these past few days with ice and frosted with snow, today were transfigured by the light of a brilliant December day. Whole forests looked as though they were made of … Continue reading

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Christmas in Heaven

Merry Christmas, friends. I’m sitting here in my La-Z-Boy couch with a mug of rather potent eggnog that Lisa has made. The rum in the eggnog is speaking to me in a manner that disinclines me to write a lengthy … Continue reading

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