Yule Sawe Mungu is a rough translation Our Same God in Swahili
Read moreAuthor: Will Schmit
Will Schmit is a volunteer outreach prison minister for Lifehouse Church in McKinleyville Ca. He is the author of Head Lines A Sixty Day Guide to Personal Psalmistry and Jesus Inside A Prison Minister's Memoir and Training Manual both available at Amazon Books and www.schmitbooks.com. The website also includes poetry, ministry updates, and music downloads from Bring To Glory a CD of spoken word with coffee house jazz.
I Gotta Hand It To You
Due to Covid 19 I haven’t been able to conduct chapel services at Pelican Bay State Prison since February. I found some notes from a service we held last year. Please pray for our incarcerated
Read moreA Baby Blanket Wide as The Sky
The dream forwards.We’re weeks from grand baby to be,plums barely clinging to the branch. The ocean, a little further thanthe next door rooster, breaks on the beachanticipating our family strolls. God has no grandchildren.The one
Read moreYour Turn to Shine
I believe in God. I don’t believe a lot of people who say they believe in God. It’s more of a “I can’t believe they said that, did that” sort of thing than any sort
Read moreSee You on Sunday ?
Spiritual. Warfare. In normal vernacular, these are very separate concepts. In Christianese spiritual warfare is considered to be a high calling. Ephesians 6:12 (NIV) clearly states, “Our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but
Read moreThicker Than Skin
His Blood’s thicker than water that much we already knew. His Blood’s thicker than Pepsi I tell you that’s Good News for the generation. His Blood’s thicker than cowboy coffee boiling under the stars, thicker
Read moreWhy does Heresy start with Her ?
All words matter. Some bring us closer to the truth. Some don’t. Conformity isn’t a synonym for unity. A simple phrase may often conceal a profound confoundery. Take the short invocation, “In the Name of
Read moreStefano’s Pick
The good fig provides pride, shade, and fruit. The family bicycle glides under a branch, to rest. Whether the day is done, or just begun, the tree houses the thrush. At the corner lot, a
Read morePrayer, the uncommon denominator
“O Lord, let my soul rise up to meet You as the day rises to meet the sun.” These are the opening words, every day, to the guided worship services in Common Prayer A Liturgy
Read moreProdigal Pop
A curtain of birds slights the silver bay light. June vines vault the hedge with berry blossoms and thorns. Our son’s offered work, and my coffee’s warm as the sun. I’ll seek counsel to deal
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