Rejoice, all the church, rejoice!

Rejoice Words and Music by Todd TwiningAll the earth rejoice Your Creator reigns As the only awesome God The Alpha and the Omega Who was, is, and is to come Let the oceans roar and the mountains sing He provides for all He has made So be comforted as He rules with...

A Poem

I bought three anthologies of Rudyard Kipling’s works before I found The Explorer printed in one. I had grown up hearing my dad quote it as one of the many poems he has memorized, and it had always struck a chord with me. The Explorer “There’s...

Serenity

se·ren·i·ty /səˈrɛnɪti/  [suh-ren-i-tee] –noun, plural /-ties/ 1. the state or quality of being serene, calm, or tranquil; sereneness.

Take a breath

The idiom “Take time to smell the roses” has quite a bit of truth in it. When I take the time to bury my nose in the velvety petals of the roses I bring in, my chaotic/stressful/busy/harried/overwhelming day tends to quiet down and I end up going back to...

Confessions of a Foodie

I have a confession to make. Actually, I have a couple confessions. One is that I love food. Two is that I usually misappropriate adjectives. This misappropriation of adjectives usually occurs when I’m describing food. Like calling the new recipe I made up last...

My Redeemer Lives

For I know that my Redeemer liveth. –Job 19:25 It is a matter of great comfort and rejoicing to any person, whatever circumstances he is in, when he can say that he knows that his Redeemer lives. First: It [Job’s statement] implies that he knows that Christ is...

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