“God is not a cosmic vending machine”: 9 faith leaders on “thoughts and prayers” After every national tragedy, like the one at  Marjory...

(Originally posted 02/01/14 .) How Emotionally Intelligent Are You? Here’s How To Tell If you’re in a boat out on the water, and a storm...

In “recycling” these old posts, my practice has normally been to reproduce the whole post.  In this instance, I’ll merely link to it: The...

Efforts to dialogue with Dan Rodricks’ position (that is, take it seriously) led to a lot of confusion and self-doubt in my prayer time...

THE TWELVE STEPS OF ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS 1. We admitted we were powerless over alcohol — that our lives had become unmanageable. 2. Came...

Proverbs 3:5-6: 5Trust in the Lord with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding. 6In all thy ways acknowledge him, and...

(Originally published 11/16/13 .) https://thehomelessblogger.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/cashier.mp3 (From an April 2010 e-mail to my...

☺ Please donate! ☺ Sunday 2017-02-26 My prayer for myself today was that I “come into a world where my diligence will be rewarded.”  A...

(Originally posted 11/02/13 .) I have been asked to share my vast wisdom on the subject of yeast breads (chometz). I’m not a big fan of...

(Originally published 07/01/13 at Trojan Horse Productions .  Republished here 10/30/13.) One of my buds came into McDonald’s this...

(Originally published 06/06/13 at Trojan Horse Productions .  Republished here 10/30/13.) This has been a very heavy day, and there’s a...

☺ Please donate! ☺ In a comment on a WaPo article about “Prosperity Gospel” televangelists, someone said: Jesus taught us to think of...

Many people are skeptical about prayer. How many have prayed fervently, day and night, for an ailing loved one, and never obtained the...

Luke 18: ¹Then Jesus told them a parable about their need to pray always and not to lose heart. 2He said, “In a certain city there was a...

(Originally posted 10/01/13. Reblogged 11/28/24.) Video: Amazing Grace Evangelical Lutheran Church in East Baltimore Link to it early...

(Below appears a tract I passed out with the Hallowe’en candy in 2007. “ Chaos overwhelms the poor ” describes that neighborhood. ...

(Originally posted 04/05/14 .  Reblogged 06/07/18 .) Prayer for myself often takes the form of imagining myself climbing up a ladder out...

Monday, September 5, 2016 There is a certain time in my daily prayer routine when I give attention to each of certain names that aren’t...

The seductiveness of turmoil. Thursday, August 25, 2016 My foremost task for today is to keep myself focused on the practical things I...

(Originally posted 05/12/13. Reblogged 04/18/24.) Wednesday 04/24/13 Facing various issues as to how to spend my time. The current...