Dear family and friends, this Holy Week I pray that the love of God is resurrected, reborn, and renewed inside your hearts, giving you everlasting hope….

Several years ago, a preacher from out-of-state accepted a call to a church in Houston, Texas. Some weeks after he arrived, he had an occasion to ride the bus from his home to the downtown area. When he sat down, he discovered that the driver had accidentally given him a quarter too much change. As he considered what to do, he thought to himself, ‘You’d better give the quarter back. It would be wrong to keep it.’ Then he…

Beloved Creator… I have no idea where I am going.
I do not see the road ahead of me.
I cannot know for certain where it will end.
Nor do I really know myself,
and the fact that I think I am following your will…

A friend sent me this poem. I thought I’d share. Most of you have read about my occasional “epishowers” (epiphanies while in the shower), but this, this…I should be so lucky…

“Family means too much, Friends are too valuable, And life is too short, To put-off sharing with people, How much they mean to you, And pursuing whatever it is that makes you happy.”…