Weekend Reflection: Clothed with Splendor

  [I’m so grateful to my friend Bob Coller, who graciously permitted me to share this glorious photo. He’s got mad photographic skills–and a generous heart.] Bless the Lord, O my soul! O Lord my God, You are very great; You are clothed with splendor and majesty, 2 Covering Yourself with light as with a cloak, Stretching out heaven like a tentcurtain. […]


Weekend Reflection: Daybreak

19 Remember my affliction and my wandering, the wormwood and bitterness.20 Surely my soul remembersAnd is bowed down within me.21 This I recall to my mind,Therefore I have hope.22 The Lord’s lovingkindnesses indeed never cease,For His compassions never fail.23 They are new every morning;Great is Your faithfulness.24 “The Lord is my portion,” says my soul,“Therefore […]


Weekend Reflection: Ablaze

My Friend, Bob Coller, Captured This Image. Let your eyes rest here. 


Always Watch for Zebra

The Frio River. What I Learned at Laity Lodge I’ve been home two weeks now, and I’m still unpacking. Not my suitcase–it’s empty and back in the basement–but my heart.  I told you last week how I’d learned that real friends don’t abandon the voyage when potholes mar the way. No, they buckle up and […]


Birds and Bees

Our Front Deck. After Rain. The Echium Has Attained Seussical Proportions.  The Incredible Sweetness of Being, Part Eight Rain blessed our land and now everything is drying and the creatures are hungry. I’m watching the Echium. Its purple torches call the bees. They’re calling the hummingbirds. The camera calls me so I step onto the deck, inhale […]