You are altogether beautiful, my darling; there is no flaw in you. Song of Songs 4:7 (NIV) Bless you for returning. Part 4 was delivered seven weeks earlier. In that pause of weeks – while other life, commitments and attention was required elsewhere – Faithful and True was busy being just that. Our Bridegroom King […]
“Wellspring” Seventh Anniversary and Birthday Edition
Today I have the joy and privilege of celebrating the seventh anniversary of Wellspring of Life and our granddaughter Rielyn turning seven years old. They were birthed the same Sunday on May 2, 2010. ‘RJ’ is growing into a cutie beauty as evidenced by the photo collage. I love these annual snapshots because they confirm that […]
Vineyard Days – Flawless, Part 4
You are altogether beautiful, my darling; there is no flaw in you. Song of Songs 4:7 (NIV) Flawless, Part 3 was filled with some of the most difficult to comprehend of Christ’s hard sayings. A speaking the truth in love that tempts believers to rethink this God they say they know and love. Like the […]
Vineyard Days – Flawless, Part 3
Thanks for returning from Flawless, Part 2 as we unpack, to a small degree, what it means to be seen by the Bridegroom as altogether beautiful, with no Molid in us. *** After being introduced to Molid tucked in the middle of the Song, the year that followed was one of fine-tuning the optics of […]
Vineyard Days – Flawless, Part 2
You are altogether beautiful, my darling; there is no flaw in you. Song of Songs 4:7 (NIV) Previously in Flawless – What He is building is the wife of the Lamb, the new Jerusalem, the Bride of Christ. She belongs to Him and He’s about to lay claim. *** In the first post of Flawless, I confessed […]
Vineyard Days – Flawless, Part 1
You are altogether beautiful, my darling; there is no flaw in you. Song of Songs 4:7 NIV It feels like I’m returning to a dearly beloved friend. If you have returned here too, welcome back. Vineyard Days has been resting its field for the past seven months. When last we left the Shulamite Bride, Bridegroom […]
Reflections of an Election Heart, Round Eleven
“the value of the earthly and the wonder when what happens here moves us to the heavenly” – in an email from my friend and former fellow team blogger at Ishshah’s Story, Pat Joyce – *** She’s ba-a-ck. I heard the ‘Ding. Ding.’ My week opened up and lots of prayerful processing has been going […]
Reflections of an Election Heart, Round Ten
To the chief musician. On the Lily of Testimony. A secret treasure of David, to teach; O God! You cast us off; You broke us; You who were angry; take us back. You made the earth tremble; You tore it; heal its breaks, for it is shaking. You have shown Your people hardship; You made […]
Reflections of an Election Heart, Round Nine
“The Progressive Order of the Holy Spirit” Nancy C. Bentz As I write this, it is the day before Donald Trump becomes President of the United States. By the time you read this the Oath of Office will have been taken and his first day will be a marker in the annals of America’s history. […]
The Passing Praises of Men
I’ve struggled with resigning myself to the ‘fact’ that I write for my own sake, or so it seems. Judging by the silence and lack of supporting evidence that I have but a handful of readers, the Lord and I have had ongoing conversation over this. An Audience of One seemed to be my manifesto […]