Monday, January 26, 2015

I'm Sorry

Few understand anymore the full significance of the phrase– "I'm sorry."

By this, we usually mean to indicate– "I feel bad about what I've done to you."  Or, if we expressed it more honestly– "I feel bad that I've been caught doing something I know I shouldn't have." We commonly believe "being sorry" is a feeling.

Thursday, January 22, 2015

Let Every Heart

Having recently been duly filled with the lovely songs and music of Christmas, I couldn't help feeling overwhelmed by the wonder that the Season celebrates– the amazing and inconceivable fact of the entrance of the Lord of All, the Creator of everything that is, into the confines of this lowly and broken universe. And the song that caps it for me

Sunday, January 18, 2015

Fraternal Twins

There are two rays of God's light that pour continuously into our lives. They seem to compete, with one racing ahead of the other, then the other outpacing its rival. Back and forth they tug for predominance in our lives.