Psalm 26 – our Redemption song in response to Jesus Christ’s Burial song ~ Jesus Christ is the Good News. It is who He is; the Word made flesh, who lived and dwelt among us, full of grace and truth.1 He lived redemption. Before He ever went to the cross, was laid in the grave to taste […]
Psalm 25 – Our Salvation Song
Psalm 25 – our Salvation song in response to Jesus’ Death song ~ The gift of salvation through Jesus Christ our Lord. Who can scribe the depth of understanding that only Spirit to spirit may witness and secure for eternity? Yet, when the spirit thrills to the life to be found in this most priceless […]
Songs of the Lord’s Child – Introduction
Welcome to Songs of the Lord’s Child – Introduction ~ the responsive soliloquy of those saved by grace ~ In the weeks leading up to Easter 2015, I shared the inspiration behind and subsequent download of a trilogy entitled The Songs of the Lord flowing through Psalms 22, 23, and 24. In brief, the Songs of […]
Persuaded Heart – Eleven and Times of Transition
Dear thirsty ones ~ Thirteen months ago in January 2021, I wrote an initial post, Persuaded Heart, in a new Wellspring category with the potential of becoming a series for the year. 2021 came and went alongside our personal transition into a one-year sabbatical. This post lands timely in our 11th month. Before I paused […]
“Wellspring” Eleventh Anniversary & Birthday Edition
Each year I sit down to write another “Wellspring” Anniversary and Birthday edition, I cannot help but marvel (and hum happy birthday and the wedding march 😊) at how quickly one 24-hour day at a time adds up to 365! Here we are again, celebrating Rielyn’s eleventh birthday and Wellspring’s eleventh anniversary! Despite the past […]
Persuaded Heart
Dear Readers ~ Persuaded Heart holds potential as a new Wellspring series for 2021. We shall see. What I do know is this persuaded heart continues to gather steam and substance. If I am coaxed by the Lord to write more of these missives, be forewarned they are not for the easily offended who choose […]
“I Told You So” ~ Jesus
Dear Christian – “I Told You So” ~ Jesus is a ‘ten months and Covid-19 later’ follow-up to a post I published before we knew what this year would hold. At the end of January, I wrote and shared “Tell Them I’m Serious”. The quiet but strong directive from my Writing Partner came early in the new […]
Fifty Shades of Greyce
Dear Christian ~ How I’ve longed to write to you again of things lofty and glorious. And I have, in other writings. But here, where ‘Christian’ takes on meaning of personal proportions, I want to talk about fifty shades of greyce. To be clear, we all know how to spell g-r-a-c-e. It is how we […]
2020 Special Edition – The 9th of Av Revisited
Dear Readers, Welcome to 2020 Special Edition – The 9th of Av Revisited. It has now been nine years (August 2011) since I wrote two posts (links at end) concerning the importance of the 9th of Av – commemorated every year by the Jews as a day of mourning and fasting. This year, Wednesday July […]
Life as a (Christian) Stripper
Welcome to another Dear Christian ~ you who have read other posts I’ve written, and those of you who couldn’t resist clicking on a title like Life as a (Christian) Stripper. However you got here, I hope you’ll stay for the read. A couple of years ago when I told someone I’d had a similar […]