Author christopher

Rules.  Blech.  Nobody likes rules.  Except, maybe, the people whose job it is to enforce them, who get to slap us on the wrist when they catch us breaking them.  Rules constrain our creativity, hamper our free will, steal our… Continue Reading →

It’s spring in Illinois.  After months of snow, ice, and freezing temperatures, nature is waking up from its deep wintry slumber.  The trees are budding, the birds are chirping, the flowers are blooming, and the warm sunshine is a very… Continue Reading →

It is with words that I paint.The paper my canvas,The pen my brush,My heart laid bare as ink and parchment meet. But how woefully inadequate that seems!I have seldom been unable to express my thoughts,To record the deep utterances of… Continue Reading →

When I was very young, I was almost killed by my doctor because I had a bad allergic reaction to a vaccine, and they decided to give me a second dose of the vaccine anyhow. Several times in the past,… Continue Reading →

In the fall of 2005, God spoke to my heart part of His plan for my future.  It was a very specific answer to a prayer that I’d been praying for many years.  Two years later I grew weary of… Continue Reading →

This evening on my drive home from work, I was thinking about stuff.  I do that a lot while I drive.  So tonight as I drove along, my mind rested on the Creation story, specifically, the creation of man and… Continue Reading →

Yesterday morning I was blessed with the opportunity to spend some extra time in prayer as a result of a task I was given.  At one point along the way, I was praying for guidance for one of my friends,… Continue Reading →

This afternoon during my lunch break, I went for a nice three-mile hike in the park near where I work.  As I walked along, I started noticing the dark shadows of the bare trees silhouetted against the gray January sky,… Continue Reading →

Jesus looked at them intently and said, “Humanly speaking, it is impossible. But with God everything is possible.” [Matthew 19:26] This verse struck me in a new light this morning. It’s interesting how we can read a passage of scripture,… Continue Reading →

“Time is a relentless river and it rages on, respecter of no one. And the only way to slow time is this: Enter fully into the current moment and the stream of time slows — slows — with the weight… Continue Reading →