Preacher

A man on fire--preaching Your word, Lord

Before a small group of people

Coming to this small town just

Days after the funeral of a friend

Entering again the world of presenting You

For others to hear

Going into Your word

Holding forth that truth

In Your name

Just as Your Spirit

Keeps

Leading him:

Ministry 

Now renewing as it

Opens in a new location to 

Present You to a new group of people seeking

Quality from Your word as we

Seek Your kingdom now

Through life today so that we

Understand truth balanced with love: the gospel

Vindicates all

Who will believe the

eXistence of God in human flesh as Saviour

Yes--

Zero in on the essential gospel truth

My Story

A young woman at Hope Baptist Church

Began a Precept Upon Precept Bible study

Calling for those wishing to grow

Deep in God's word

Even as she 

Focused on this one church

God showed her the world coming to the city

Hope for a source of thriving

In this new land

Just flooded her heart

Knowing from family history the

Lack of thriving language barriers

Make--the dream deepened into a

New hope

On the way through a school: Hope Bible Institute

Pointedly aimed at thriving

Questing to grow Lordship and language

Resting in an ongoing routine of study with a

Simple study method even as it

Takes people deep

Understanding words and ideas

Viewed through the Bible

Wanting to see

eXcitement in eyes as abundance--

Yes--abundance thrives in a growing

Zest for life

Cat

Purr throttles

higher

as

she

climbs onto

my

lap demanding

cuddles

Life

Born to die--something that each of us faces

Whether we flare for a brief moment 

Or simmer a long steady time

We are--born to die

And yet You, Lord

Offer us eternity if we will grab Your hand

To run with You

To dance with You

To walk with You

My life spills out onto the earth

Where it will simply be soaked into nothingness

But You provide an escape, Lord

And with that escape comes life

--eternal, abundant, free

Welling up and spilling over always

Moving Forward

A little girl from Brockville

Became a young woman in Windsor

Creating a home

Designed for two

Everything just right

For life together

Going to work and enjoying

Home

In the walkup

Just a few minute stroll from the river

Knowing

Life is

Moving forward for them.

Now is the time for training

Opening doors to careers

Perceiving this will be

Quite a life as family

Running a home

Seeking the future

Together as a 

Unit of two

Voicing plans

Who, what, where, when--why?

eXcitement of 

Youth expressed in a 

Zest for life as one in God

August

Month of family celebrations--

three birthdays together

and

the founding anniversary

--only memory

now;

heat falters momentarily

then returns intensity

but summer 

is beginning

to 

wane into

an ending

school becomes

new focus

even

for 

me:

will

I 

be studying

for ordination

and 

for 

Hope Bible Institute?

Suddenly

Suddenly

He's reading this blog

The one who seemed not to know it existed

Is now aware

And his anger is surfacing

Just as it did years ago when I'd write cards to encourage him

And I'd get hit with a wall of anger

I write

He gets angry

Why?

It hurts as it rips into my soul