The sky hangs low
covering land with clouds.
Photo from: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Fog.jpg
Damp seeps in
to skin
to hair
to ground.
Are You here, even here?
Here where hearts are weighed down?
Here where hope is distant?
Here where life ends?
Sight obscured.
Color muted.
Energy absent.
Shoulders bowed.
Tears fall.
Heads heavy.
Emmanuel, we need You.
Light of the world,
Blaze in!
Drive away the gray.
Or, at least
light a candle 
in my soul.
Let me be Your
LIGHT.
Eleven28's policy is that every four years, full-time employees take a forty day sabbatical. On July 1, I will have been full-time with eleven28 for four years. It's time for a short rest. Here are my thoughts about where God and I will intersect during this rest....
Needing treatment to restore mental health isn’t shameful, nor is it exceptional. I share my mental health journey in hopes that it will lead other church leaders to do what I’ve done – admit I need help and get it. --TreyI thought it was déjà vu. Helping our student...
The first iteration of this article was written the day after Mother’s Day 2020. Ahmaud Arbery’s death was the first in a string of police involved shootings of black men that became the grounds for national and international outrage. It was also an election year as...
