Month: January 2026

“When the drumbeat changes, the dancer must change steps.” A PAINTING FROM NATURE: THE SEASON THAT LETS GO In nature, nothing new is born without something old first loosening its grip. Watch the trees at the edge of harmattan. Leaves that once drank rain now dry, curl, and fall. To…

“Death and life are in the power of the tongue: and they that love it shall eat the fruit thereof.”-Proverbs 18:21 (KJV) An Opening Story: The Craftsman with the Sharp Tongue There was once a gifted craftsman known throughout his town for the beauty of his work. His hands were…

Scriptural Foundation “Remember ye not the former things, neither consider the things of old.Behold, I will do a new thing; now it shall spring forth; shall ye not know it?”Isaiah 43:18–19 (KJV) An Opening Parable: The Traveler at the Forked Road There was once a weary traveler who reached a…

Opening Wisdom “When the roots are deep, there is no reason to fear the wind.”-African Reflection Endings frighten us because they look like loss, but most endings are not destruction, they are repositioning. What collapses is often what has finished serving its purpose. What feels like burial is sometimes planting.…