I was revisiting the beginning of the Beatitudes today, and as I read in R. T. Kendall’s commentary on the subject, he offered this definition of the kingdom of heaven: The kingdom of heaven is “the rule of the un-grieved spirit in the believer”. This was a strong reminder for me that in the...
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Today, after an early end of work at home so I could drive downtown to the city office pyramid place and return my downtown parking permit, I continued on south to the Valle del Oro Wildlife Refuge, just to see what I could see. I was curious if any birds had taken to its...
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This last Saturday, I had the need to get out of the house for a while, and with it being near the end of August (and, with my small chile crop faltering late in the growing season), a destination for a day trip became clear. Despite being a native New Mexican, I had never...
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The last few days I’ve thought it would be good if I could just jot down a few of my memories about my Aunt Margaret. I find myself in writer’s block so chronically (which is a fear of writing things, really) that to write about anything meaningful is good for me. But moreso, it’s...
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This last week was significant to me for two reasons. The more basic, the more cyclical of the two is that I got older- at least by legal document standards. 51, and all I sort of hoped or imagined might come with it, for me is archived. At this age, birthdays are more like...
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