by Soul Man | Soul Man
“‘… Have you seen the treasury of hail, which I have reserved for the time of trouble …?’” Job 38:22–23. A faithful friend of our family sits patiently above our fireplace mantel, its golden pendulum swaying back and forth, unabated for the past decade. Like a...
by Soul Man | Soul Man
Rolling plains of durum wheat, grown especially for my favorite pasta dish. Or perhaps a field of sweet organic corn stretching as far as the eye can see? My wife loves corn. In another life I would have enjoyed a farmstead or a ranch, I think. I’m rather perplexed...
by Soul Man | Soul Man
“Blessed are those who mourn, for they shall be comforted.” Matthew 5:4 How much should I share? I don’t want to say too little. I definitely don’t want to share too much.You see, I was quite different back then. You’d barely recognize me. Surrender and meekness was...
by Soul Man | Soul Man
As a man who can be rather stoic at times, I just read a soothing story and have to take a long walk with God to digest the magnitude of it. There is a wooded trail ahead that winds off into the distance. I’ll take that one and see where it goes.I like observing...
by Soul Man | Soul Man
The slow turning of a ceiling fan. Thin alabaster window shades sway in the breeze of an idle summer’s day. Beyond its gentle sway, I can see our garden blossoming like never before. And beyond that, a vast sea of sprouting corn that extends for miles in many...
