Goodbye to Baby Jesus
I bring back this post each year on January 6, the day that marks the end of the twelve days of Christmas that began on Christmas Day. Those twelve …
Don’t Build On A Sinkhole
Any contractor will tell you a sinkhole makes a poor foundation. It’s as true for life as it is for buildings. Sometimes you read something …
Compassion: So Much More Than Pity
The word won’t go away The word compassion has been coming often to my mind lately…the kind of niggling, repetitive showing up …
7 Spiritual Growth Lessons Learned From My Grapevines
Grapes at Cave Ridge Vineyard photographed by Rod Shepherd and used with permission For years, we had lush and lovely grapevines growing along …
Learning To Hear Our Shepherd’s Voice: Jesus, The Good Shepherd – John 10:11-18
I preached this sermon at two services at Emmanuel Episcopal Church, Woodstock, Virginia, on April 26, 2015. I hope it will bless you and …
Finding Encouragement Through Fellowship
Welcome to Cari Bousefield, my guest blogger today at Heartspoken. She reached out to me about guest posting, and after reading some of her writing …
Lessons From An Annoying Canaanite Woman
Christ and the Canaanite Woman ~ c. 1784 by Jean-Germain Drouais (The Louvre) Matthew 15: 21-28 Leaving that place, Jesus withdrew to the …
Book Review: Life Of The Beloved by Henri Nouwen
BOOK REVIEW: Life of the Beloved: Spiritual Living in a Secular World by Henri Nouwen How often do we long for someone to walk beside us, …