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Van Morrison, “he’s weird!” That phrase, it’s stuck in my mind all night long, and all morning, “he’s weird” I was at a dinner party and my alarm went off on my iPhone. I knew what it was, I slipped my phone out of my pocket, cancelled the alarm, then stowed it away. Our host,Continue reading “Darkness At Noon”

Gatsby believed in the green light, the orgastic future that year by year recedes before us. It eluded us then, but that’s no matter. Tomorrow we will run faster, stretch out our arms farther… And one fine morning… So we beat on, Boats against the current, Borne back ceaselessly into the past. The Great GatsbyContinue reading “The Great Gatsby”

“Nevertheless, I tell you the truth: it is to your advantage that I go away, for if I do not go away, the Helper will not come to you. But if I go, I will send him to you. And when he comes, he will convict the world concerning sin and righteousness and judgment: concerningContinue reading “Jesus needed to leave?”

Parker Palmer is an author, and I’ve read 2-3 books of his. One such is “A Hidden Wholeness” it is in that book that he describes “third things”. It’s well worth reading that book! But the idea conveyed is that our thoughts on a piece of writing reveal our hearts to ourselves. It’s a wayContinue reading “Some Interactive Reading”

The first time I can remember it happening is late one night driving a Burnaby route, the one that went past one of the Casinos near New Westminster skytrain Stn. I cleared the hill and a couple of blocks ahead, there he was. I’d never seen him before that moment, but I knew, and sinceContinue reading “Careless Observer”

Challenge: To write a short story with the climactic phrase: “She’s on that 601!!!” The true story: click here The more exciting, not so true story: CLICK HERE

Hyperlinks are underlined, I’m not sure how obvious they are. I like to use hyperlinks to direct my readers to further info if they need it. For example on this post the exchange between Eve and the serpent is in the garden I have added a link, can you find it? 😬 When Eve wasContinue reading “I said, “Feck””

I am having a hard time watching the Chosen series, because my heart grows so full of tears, longing for Jesus, to be here in the flesh with us, dwelling amongst us… and it’s moving me to prayer, or rather a longing to pray. He sent the Holy Spirit, he gave us the command toContinue reading “Oh Lord Dwell amoung us!”

Here are three quotes from the book, “Life Together” by Dietrich Bonhoeffer. The first is an excerpt from the other two. I want to discuss this idea of “no immediate access to one another”. That Bonhoeffer presented. I have enormous respect and veneration for Bonhoeffer. Mostly because his writings have confirmed for me, indeed putContinue reading “Bonhoeffer”