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First Coming God did not wait till the world was ready, Till…nations were at peace. God came when the Heavens were unsteady, and prisoners cried out for release.   God did not wait for the perfect time. God came when the need was deep and great. God dined with sinners in all their grime, Turned…

God speaks to us in (God’s) own special sign language – a baby. Not much. A small December child. A baby is birth, beginnings, potential without guarantee. A baby is helpless but not hopeless. A baby is someone to watch. A baby is the future appearing now. Are there baby-signs from God signaling hope to…

“For as the earth brings forth its shoots, as a garden causes what is sown in it to spring up.  So the Sovereign God will cause righteousness and praise to spring up before all the nations.  Isaiah 61:11   Good New Coming Earth teach me stillness as the grasses are stilled with light. Earth teach…

If I were alone in a desert and feeling afraid, I would want a child to be with me. For then my fear would disappear and I would be made strong. This is what life itself can do because it is so noble, so fully of pleasure and so powerful. ~Meister Eckhart

I have committed myself to joy. I have come to realize that those who make space for joy, those who prefer nothing to joy, those who desire the utter reality, will most assuredly have it.   We must not be afraid to announce it to refugees, slum dwellers, saddened prisoners, angry prophets. Now and then…