Jesus, I am resting, resting, in the joy of what thou art,I am finding out the greatness of thy loving heart.- From “Jesus, I Am Resting,” by Jean Sophia Pigott (1876)   Do you see? Do you see? All the people sinking down.Do you care? Do you care? Are you going to...

  The Happiest Place on Earth isn’t so happy for me. Going to Disneyland stretches me in all of my painful places. In an effort not to use the h-word, I’ll just say I really, really don’t like crowds. I really, really don’t like blaring music. I really, really...

  For me, this month of soul keeping feels an awful lot like going fishing. When I was a boy, my grandparents used to take me fishing at a little lake by their house in Tennessee. I treasured my time with Grandma and Grandpa. The fishing? Not so much. Summertime in Memphis is awfully...