A mother held her new baby and very slowly rocked him back and forth, back and forth, back and forth. And while she held him, she sang: I’ll love you forever, I’ll like you for always, As long as I’m living my baby you’ll be. You may recognize these words… Read More
Archive Tag: books
Celebrating The Disciplines
Before Richard Foster wrote Celebration of Discipline in 1978, words like “meditation” and “simplicity” and “solitude” were relegated to the strange vocabularies of cloistered mystics and monks. Foster freed them, brought them to mainstream evangelical America. Of course, “spiritual disciplines” have strong biblical foundations and have been practiced by saints… Read More
Angels & Idols & Setting Stuff On Fire
Regie’s lyrics make me want to write better and make me never want to write again. That’s how good they are. I first met Regie when I was working in a small office at a music publishing company. He had an intense way about him, restless, his dark brown eyes… Read More
Push Button Faith
I’ve disconnected for the last few days from phones and computers. I’ve learned the hard way what it feels like to near empty and what happens when I ignore the gauge, go on running on fumes and self-determination. I know how important it is, before reaching empty, to be with… Read More
People Who Write Good
I know some people who write good. View Post
Thanks To Dewey & His Decimals: My Best Books
This weekend (and this morning) I got all nerdy and organized at the same time. I know. Multi-tasking. Who knew I was capable? View Post