by Steve S | Jan 7, 2026 | Words & Power
They lie in wait, crouched low in the savanna grass that seems to have risen deliberately around them. The blades offer perfect concealment, parting without protest as their forms press through, responding only to the light breeze that moves across the surface in...
by Steve S | Jan 6, 2026 | Inner Life
There comes a season in life—most often as the years gather and the days begin to weigh differently—when a person must pause and look again at where they stand. Not because the ground has given way, but because remaining upon it without question has grown too easy,...
by Steve S | Jan 5, 2026 | Inner Life
It was said long ago that life is but a breath. One moment we are drawn into it; the next, it thins, loosens, and is gone. I once believed that if I inhaled more deeply—if I held the breath before releasing it—the moment might widen. That time itself might pause,...
by Steve S | Jan 4, 2026 | Suffering & Mercy
There are times in life when hope wears thin— when it is not slowly spent, but suddenly taken. Moments when we are overtaken, as a ship is overtaken by a storm it did not see coming. What was once navigable turns without warning. The wind rises faster than response....
by Steve S | Jan 1, 2026 | Love & Relationship
I listened quietly and carefully to the message, which carried the flavor of plain yogurt—its sweetness removed in an effort to temper delight. The words were measured, restrained, intentionally subdued. And yet they pricked me when the speaker explained that true...
