The following three untitled poems came out of my time in Michael Ramos’s “Seeking the Light Through Poetry” spiritual nurture group, which meets the third Tuesday of each month from 6:30 to 8:00 PM. There is a book about forever Endless chapters inside time. What will be my final word
Spiritual Reflections
Stubborn Flowers
On February 4, 2024, Dr. Corey Cockerill, interim president of Wilmington College, gave the following message during worship at Cincinnati Friends Meeting. I shared this message in the fall with Wilmington Friends. And I cannot seem to shake it. It continues to resonate with me—perhaps even more today. It’s about
Biblical Spiritual Gifts
What is a spiritual gift? I didn’t have a clue back in the 1980s when I decided to become a Christ-follower at the age of thirty-four. More on that later. A spiritual gift is a supernatural ability to serve or perform a task that God has called you to do
The 50th Anniversary of a Daily Meditation Practice
Sometime in April of 2023, I passed a milestone of sorts. I have been meditating daily for fifty years. Every morning, I wake up, make a quick stop in the bathroom, and then sit for twenty minutes. When my wife and I were raising children, that was it. In the
Remembering an Old Friend
At 80, my friend Margaret confessed, “I just don’t know what I want to be when I grow up.” That quickly became my mantra and, unknowingly, she became my role model. We eagerly worked to build race relations locally, swapped books and thoughts at our neighborhood club, prayed together, and