I just lost again but it wasn't really personal Not like some ones I love some ones I respect In all of history one loser was the most Mankind did their best to put him lower than low Spit? Beat? Humiliate? Hang naked on a cross on a hill for all to see him [...]
Forty five years now, And counting Kayper has stood the tests: High prices; low prices Too hot; too cold No electricity; no water Too much rain; not enough She has been a rib Close to my heart All of the way Morning, noon, and night Day after day Year after year From coed to [...]
Fallen runner Race done Race won So many touches So many people Along the way.... Business? Hundreds Success! Young agents trained Peer fellowship shared Faith Looming large And larger still Thru it all Thru it all He learned to trust in Jesus Learned to trust in God Walking his faith Ah, Ben and Judy Devoted [...]
We can't help it don't even want to try Our eyes fill with tears and, when we're in the right places, we simply cry. Emotions need to get out we're really not made to keep them in the right places at the right times we need to share them A tightness in the throat something [...]
An extraordinary thing happened along my way I caught another glimpse of God This is how it happened: I sat in church my beloved close beside me I watched a family two rows in front sitting close together father, mother, young son at ease the father put his arm around his beloved's shoulders (again, [...]
In remembrance of Him I tore a piece from the loaf an emblem of a will greater than sorrow greater than sin In remembrance of Him I lifted a cup to my lips an emblem of life poured out for us..., for me Not my will, but thine, He said then submitted himself to die [...]
I have walked among you some dozen years now learned your faces know your voices can call your names I've heard you speak your passions seen you walk the lines of reaching out to help I know your heart to serve Together, we have sought out wisdom invited in, listened to and questioned the [...]
I know a piece of love I've read of it in books Other people know about it books tell their stories I know a piece of love I've seen some people wear it they move in gracious ways blessing those around them I know a piece of love I've heard the songs proclaim it [...]
It's that time of year, of course, when farmers gather, ponder Ever notice a row of signs along a field of corn? Company names in bright catching colors with numbers and letters all different A closer look shows some differences in height or breadth or color They're different hybrids the result of skills applied [...]
Andy Williams crooning about the season 'wonderfull' Bach and Brahms and Mendelsohn King of Kings, and Lord of Lords Forever, forever, forever Silent Night, Holy Night... So many artists putting their arms around what happened stretching, stretching, stretching to reach a tiny baby put it in perspective.... So here we are two thousand years passing [...]