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The Façade
What’s behind the façade? I’m too afraid to show You, to invite You to look behind my eyes and into the depths of my heart lest You become contaminated by the muck…
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The Graduation of The Little Sun
(My oldest niece, Hailey, recently graduated from high school and asked me to speak at the ceremony. In honor of her graduation, I am sharing my speech.) Isaiah 42:16: And I will…
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Thoughts on Isaiah 42:16
Isaiah 42:16: And I will bring the blind by a way that they knew not; I will lead them in paths that they have not known: I will make darkness light before…
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Comments On My Writing
(I wrote these thoughts on my writing many years ago and my perspective has not changed.) In the midst of a culture filled with pain, hopelessness, selfishness, confusion, and every evil work, there…
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My Mirror the Punching Bag (Part II)
The Perfectionist’s Redemption Indeed, such a mirror does exist, and its truth far outweighs any self-incriminating thoughts I could have or condemning thoughts from anyone else. This mirror is the Bible. James 1:23-25…
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My Mirror the Punching Bag (Part I)
The Perfectionist’s Lament I will forgive anyone for anything except myself for not being want I to and should be. How I hate the foibles, flaws, and faults I try so hard…
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The Loser Me
[I am posting this essay I wrote several years ago in recognition of today- the anniversary of the day that Jesus saved me from a bed of suicide, sin, and Hell, and miraculously…
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I Must Be Overcome
I want to live with the desire of a thousand years in one heart. I want to shun the pride of a thousand fears trying to tear me apart. I want to know…
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The Death of Hypocrisy
Psalm 17:15: As for me, I will behold thy face in righteousness: I shall be satisfied, when I awake with Thy likeness. There has yet to be a hypocrite who has…