Desmond Doss sculpture unveiled in Collegedale, TN. Doss, a medic, received the Congressional Medal of Honor for heroism on Okinawa.

[Originally posted April 6; moved here] Sometimes you can go through life with blinders on, set on a particular path, sure of where you are and where you are going, when suddenly your eyes open and you have a new awareness. Thomas Merton wrote of such an experience when visiting the Buddha statues at Polonnaruwa,…

While working in the yard this morning I thought of a couple of letters I received: “Yet, we are all growing — and if we grow with Christ and let him lead — the final outcome is what is important…. God isn’t finished with any of us yet. We must all stay close to him…