I love to sing. I enjoy creating harmonies in my mind and then trying them out with my voice. Depending upon who is nearby when I sing, I’ve been told both that my voice is wonderful AND ALSO that my voice is horrible. Beauty, I am told, is in the eye of the beholder. Perhaps … Read more
Did it ever occur to you that God wants you to focus your mind in a certain way?Did it ever occur to you that your thoughts can have a massive impact on your actions?Did it ever occur to you that you can change how you feel by changing how you think? Did it ever occur … Read more
It takes a lot of heat to melt a mountain! Located in New Mexico’s San Andres mountains is a place called the White Sands Missile Range. It’s where the US conducted its initial test of a device referred to only as “The Gadget” – a plutonium bomb that would change the course of history and … Read more
About a year ago, prompted by the miraculous healing of a blind man at the prayers of one of our Bishops, I wrote a daily devotional entitled “IMPOSSIBLE.” In it I confessed that “impossible” is a word that far too frequently comes to my mind when I consider the magnitude of the tasks that lie … Read more
There is “seeing” – and then there is “S E E I N G” !!!! I remember looking at photographs of the Grand Canyon in the United States before our family took a trip there. They were lovely and detailed pictures. If someone asked if I had ever “seen” the Grand Canyon at that point, … Read more
Yesterday in Kabul the Taliban sent two suicide bombers to the crowded gates outside of the Hamid Karzai International Airport. These wicked men exploded their vests among throngs of civilians who were trying to evacuate their homeland and flee the vicious regime. This morning the death toll stands at over 100, and is likely to … Read more
Sometimes the grace we have doesn’t seem like enough grace! You don’t have to possess any inside knowledge to discern that Kabul is spinning out of control. Beatings, shootings, absolute disorder, missed and mixed up communication. And that’s just the beginning! How do believers in Christ react and respond when facing this level of darkness … Read more
Nothing in life beats true freedom. I’ve mentioned Daniel, my brother in Christ, before. He was born free in Burkina Faso. Then at about age eight or nine Daniel’s uncle sold him into slavery. HIs life as a slave was brutal. When he was about twelve or so, a Canadian Episcopal priest who was visiting … Read more
All of us have blown it, none of us is totally perfect in every way. Especially not me. One of the things I appreciate about living as part of the Christian communion that is the CEEC.CHURCH is our determination to live a lifestyle of forgiveness. We are deliberate about walking in holiness, and just as … Read more
I woke up today at 3:30am local time and began to review key messages I had received overnight. As I did, I was amazed at all the Holy Spirit has been accomplishing , and I saw the hand of the Lord moving through so many of His people. *** The CEEC.CHURCH has been partnering with … Read more