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May 6, 2026

Second semester of my freshman year I had philosophy. It was in that class that we read Plato’s Allegory of the Cave which has been one of the most descriptive and powerful things I’ve ever read

May 6, 2026

January 15, 2026

ENOUGH

January 15, 2026

There is a balance in all of life to seek after and yet the very term implies forces are always coming against it—throwing us, pulling us off balance—off center. The writer of Ecclesiastes was right. There is a time for everything under the sun.

January 15, 2026

October 9, 2025

THE END—er ah

October 9, 2025

My name, Michael, means ‘who is like God’. What a claim—a joke. It feels almost blasphemous to be called by such a name—almost to the point of embarrassment. Then my middle name, David, means ‘beloved’— a bit easier to swallow. Nan Merrill (Psalms for Praying: A Invitation to Wholeness) has reminded me for years that God is my beloved and feels that way for all of us—not just we Davids.

October 9, 2025

October 6, 2025

On Friendship & Caring

October 6, 2025

Judy and I are new friends with like histories which drew us quickly together. She is a delight. When she shared these writings I asked if I could post a few, she agreed.

October 6, 2025

September 22, 2025

Vanity, Vanity, it is all Vanity! It sure seems to be

September 22, 2025

The rhetoric of name calling, disparaging other individuals for whatever reason is ungodly. For sure it isn’t easy to stay silent when I am being attacked for whatever reason. I want to defend myself. But I’ve had enough experiences to know that to argue with the unfounded attacks that come is a waste of breath. T

September 22, 2025

July 24, 2025

Labor Day Weekend 2025, The Anniversary of our Arrival in Tennessee 1975

July 24, 2025

If you catch me a bit overcome it may be that someone just caught eye and their story was flashing momentarily in my mind—grateful for all that transpired for them. I rarely go anywhere in town that I don’t bump into someone who has been through the front doors…

July 24, 2025

July 23, 2025

Beliefs Change

July 23, 2025

At 65 (now 76), I think this 'truth' is more a ‘being’, it is a living ‘thing’, an alive truth. It is unlike any that I'd previously been taught about earlier in my life. To me, this 'truth' is equivalent to God but not the grandfatherly, sit on the throne version of God.

July 23, 2025

March 21, 2025

Some asked how…

March 21, 2025

It’s true that the dark is not always ‘friendly’ but there are treasures in the night—once you get your night vision. One saint asks “what is more helpful to wisdom than the night?”

March 21, 2025

February 22, 2025

Ding Dong the Witch is dead—but maybe we’re still up in the Balloon for Now

February 22, 2025

At their first encounter with super Wizard they’re thrown a curve and sent back out to get the broom of yet another witch—the land of OZ has got it’s dark side. So the foursome go trudging off to get the broom. But Dorothy, in those suspicious red shoes, the light begins to dawn on her.

February 22, 2025

February 20, 2025

Variations of ‘Christian’ Thought with Variations of my Own

February 20, 2025

The circumstance surrounding this deeper experience often are finding one’s self at the end of your rope—with no knot; having run out of solutions, or being in the pits of despair and doubt ready to toss in the towel. Even then it is not one size fits all. Thinking it will happen the same for me as it did for ‘him’ or ‘her’ is a dead end.

February 20, 2025