hearts, image by congerdesign, on Pixabay, slightly modified CONNECTED   A boat is connected to an anchor             to prevent its...

portico, image by Kim Evans, on Pixabay, modified Portico     “The light shines in the darkness,   and the darkness has not overcome it”...

image by Marcel, on Pixabay Lectio Divina “Peace I leave with you, My peace I give to you; not as the world gives do I give to you. Let...

pencils, image by WOKANDAPIX, on Pixabay A Question of Purpose I paused the rhythmic motion of my fingers on the keyboard as a stray...

abstract, red, image by Yuri, on Pixabay   Don’t Just Pray, Do Something     Why should we help those not our own? Why should we care...

image from Pixabay Are we ready for the return of the King? At Easter, we celebrate our Savior’s victory on the cross, and we anticipate...

image by Ivo Zahradníček, on Pixabay, modified   Crossroads   I hear temptation at my door, I’ve often heard that knock before, Oh, how...

image by Layers, on Pixabay, modified Convicted by Christ’s Love Based on the true story of a pastor in Tajikistan They were taken out in the dark of night, wakened from sleep, long after prayers, by men in masks wearing green and black, with rifle butts

arrow turning up, image by OpenClipart-Vectors, on Pixabay, modified Searching for God     Searching for God is proof of the Call. He is...

honeydew melon, image by Jill Wellington, on Pixabay The Tune in a Loop   Tessa’s deep alto voice, a low hum in my left ear. The gentle...

stained glass, image by alon, on Pixabay I Pray, I Pray     I pray and pray When times are soft. My load is low, My...

image by Almeida, on Pixabay, modified You’re Close But Yet So Far From Me     You’re close but yet so far from me. I feel your heart has...

sparrow and birdfeeder, image by Ralph, on Pixabay, modified As All Nature Toils Together     No one finds it strange the way I do to see...

sword hilt, image by Eveline de Bruin, on Pixabay, slightly modified Waiting in Wilderness   Years pass through me like  a stream through...

shoreline, image by njbateman526, on Pixabay, slightly modified A Theory of Paradise Imbedded in Reality     Something in nature...

"Daydreaming"                        photograph by Michael Shoemaker Oh, How I Need Thee   Help of...

image by chen, on Pixabay, modified Dear friends, Often, as I read submissions, I’m struck by the outpourings of love and praise to God....

pond with water lilies, image by Alex, on Pixabay Stilled     I’m unconcerned with lofty things; my soul is calm and stilled, needing...

doves, image by Huu Luu, on Pixabay, modified Without beginning or end     I am slow to ascend, pick my way past cacti   & pinyon pine,...