Tag: meditation
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Road to Emmaus
“Then He asked them, ‘What is this dispute that you’re having with each other as you are walking?’” And they stopped walking and looked discouraged. The one named Cleopas answered him, “Are you the only visitor in Jerusalem who doesn’t know the things that happened therefore in these days?” “What things?” he asked them. So…
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A Fragmented Story
I Went to the gas station off the Thruway for snacks. You could tell right away he didn’t belong to the rhythm of the place. Everyone else moved with purpose. Grab, pay, leave. He lingered. Talking to no one and everyone at the same time. Layers of clothing that didn’t match the weather. Hair uneven.…
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The Unlosable Assignment
“I don’t say this out of need, for I have learned to be content in whatever circumstances I find myself. I know how to make do with little, and I know how to make do with a lot. In any and all circumstances I have learned the secret of being content, whether well fed or…
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A walk by the Wallkill
The Wallkill flows north and it flows slowly and crooked but this time of year it does not seem to be flowing at all. This river is old, they say many mastodon bones have been uncovered along its banks. What that means for sure is this river has been here longer than we can officially…
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Isaac Jogues: The Missionary Who Walked Back Into the Fire
The Thirty Years’ War was raging in Europe, fueling a near–cold-war divide between Protestant and Catholic powers. France, under Catholic monarchs like Louis XIII, was aggressively Counter-Reformationist, using the Jesuits as intellectual and spiritual shock troops to reclaim ground lost to Protestantism. Meanwhile, across the Atlantic, the New World was a chaotic frontier. French, English,…
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70,000 fathom ladder
The 70,000 fathom ladder – A man spent years climbing a huge ladder. People cheered him on, told him it led somewhere important. So he kept going step after step, never looking down. When he finally reached the top, he found nothing there. No platform. No door. No destination. Just empty air. Then he looked…
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A walk in the woods (shaupeneak ridge)
At the foot of Shaupeneak Ridge, before the climb begins, there is a field that rolls out like a great green sigh. Not flat, not orderly, but rumpled with small hills and dips as if the earth once shifted. Here where the ticks dance in the tall grass, before the trees gather to form the…
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it is not a political goal
Some accuse believers of being “Christian nationalists” simply for praying in public or affirming biblical truth. Others weaponize traditional values as if morality alone could redeem a nation. In both cases, the gospel is distorted. Christianity is not about identity politics, it’s about identity in Christ. It is not a tribal badge or cultural campaign.…
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NEW BOOK !!!
📜 🫵🏻 New Book Alert: Timeless Truths, Faithful Leadership by Will Forge 🫵🏻 📜 Timeless Truths, Faithful Leadership, presents a bold Christian manifesto for a generation disoriented by manipulation, greed, and cowardice. This book dares to challenge both secular culture and a compromised church, calling for a new form of leader, one forged by truth,…
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It is finished (HABAKKUK)
It is finished. All the work Is done. Our view is small, no matter how big we think we are, we are small to God. His ways are not like ours. Even if our daylight never dawns, it already did. We can see the evil around us and it can heavily affect us, even make…
Pilgrims Ponder 