John 9:25 “…..One thing I do know, that though I was blind, now I see.” I was reading in John recently, and my attention was particularly caught by the phrase above. When this man, blind from birth and healed by Jesus, was asked by the Pharisees how he regained his sight, he focused on the…
Month: October 2022
Recent Reads, Volume XXV
A brief summary of what I’m currently reading or have recently finished, why I read it, and whether I’d recommend it. Although really, it’d have to be truly terrible for me to bother writing about a book I wouldn’t recommend…… Chatter (Ethan Kross) – If you’ve ever found yourself spiraling thanks to your inner monologue,…
The Scribe
The Scribe What lovely thingsThy hand hath made:The smooth-plumed birdIn its emerald shade,The seed of the grass,The speck of stoneWhich the wayfaring antStirs–and hastes on! Though I should sitBy some tarn in thy hills,Using its inkAs the spirit willsTo write of Earth’s wonders,Its live, willed things,Flit would the agesOn soundless wingsEre unto ZMy pen drew…
Pruning
“I am the true vine, and my Father is the vinedresser. Every branch in me that does not bear fruit he takes away, and every branch that does bear fruit he prunes, that it may bear more fruit.” (John 15:1-2) A few days ago, I happened to be driving down the road while a township…