All of the social distancing and shelter-in-place guidelines, coupled with the spread of the coronavirus, surely has many folks on edge. Isolation, coupled with worry, can quickly lead to despair, and feelings of being alone in a desert of sorts. Trappist monk Thomas Merton wrote his classic ‘Thoughts In Solitude’ in 1953-1954, but it contains […]
Up until several weeks ago, I had never made my way completely through the Bible from beginning to end. In truth, I technically still haven’t “read” the entire Bible, but in early-mid 2019 I started listening to an audio Bible when I went to bed. Over the years I’ve taken advantage of various sales at […]
Maybe you’ve contracted the coronavirus. Maybe you’re just ill with the regular flu, or a cold, or some other bug. Maybe you’re at home caring for an ill family member. Maybe you’re working from home, or taking classes from home, for the duration of the current outbreak. In any case, if you find that your […]
This song kind of sums up where I’ve been for a while now. I’m praying that God continues to provide the sliver of hope found in the final verse, because my tank is pretty much empty. It’s enough to drive a man crazy, it’ll break a man’s faith It’s enough to make him wonder if […]