by Steve S | Dec 31, 2025 | Love & Relationship
Clarity sometimes comes before the day begins to speak. In that early hour, when the world has not yet gathered its noise, a belief I had carried for much of my life loosened and held. I had understood faith as walking a narrow way, like a path along a mountain ridge....
by Steve S | Dec 30, 2025 | Suffering & Mercy
Disguised, I walked into a Bible study at a local congregation and slipped quietly to the back of the room. I sat at the last table, among those who had learned where they were least likely to be noticed. As others arrived, the space filled easily. Greetings passed...
by Steve S | Dec 29, 2025 | Words & Power
People speak often of the sharpest blade ever forged. It is praised for its efficiency—for its ability to end a matter in a single blow. Strength admires it. Fear respects it. Stories gather around its edge. Its origin is spoken of with reverence. Taken, we are told,...
by Steve S | Dec 28, 2025 | Attention & Presence
I have been wondering whether we should recover a more traditional form of invitation when we meet—words from the past, such as your presence is requested, or even required. The phrase feels heavy now, almost foreign, yet it exposes our present condition: present has...
by Steve S | Dec 27, 2025 | Attention & Presence
I sat waiting—wondering, weighing the path ahead. From somewhere beneath thought, a notion surfaced—not abruptly, but slowly, like a bubble rising from depth, gathering shape as it climbed, until it broke the surface and was gone. And I wondered if this, too, was...
