“When we long for life without difficulties, remind us that oaks grow strong in contrary winds and diamonds are made under pressure.”
A grief observed: waves upon the ocean
Nobody tells you that grief is like treading out into the ocean.
Sometimes, a wave comes along that completely knocks you off your feet and leaves you breathless. You fall and the waves crash over you. It’s all you can do to stand back up.
Requiescat in pace: Kristina Kay Hackwith
I am deeply saddened to share that my mother, Kristina Kay Hackwith, passed away unexpectedly on March 21, 2026, following a sudden heart attack. While we know her faith in Jesus was strong, her passing is a profound loss to her family, friends, and all who knew her, and we ask for patience and understanding during this difficult time.
Introducing my latest print: “Co-Crucifixion (Galatians 2:20)”
It’s been a long time coming, but here is my life verse as a brand-new painting. Galatians 2:20 gives me hope. Hope that I am not stuck in the past. Hope that I’m not relegated to sitting on my hands, waiting for the future to become the present. Hope that I am still useful.
Igniting the Web of Compassion: The art and science of leading through genuine empathy
In a world where we scroll more than we speak and double-tap more than we truly listen, “connection” has started to feel like a buzzword. We all want it—deeper relationships with the people who follow our work, our words, our stories—but it’s easy to forget what actually creates it.
Presenting The Last Dove’s Flight (2025 Edition)
The 2025 Edition of The Last Dove’s Flight is an all-new recording that is being released under a CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 Creative Commons license. Remixes are welcome! Use hashtags #riverbeautiful and #thelastdovesflight and we will be proud to feature your work. We can’t wait to see what you come up with! Download: MP3 320 | FLAC Lossless | PDF Score
Praying for the impossible tonight.
"For He is our peace; in his flesh He has made both into one and has broken down the dividing wall, that is, the hostility between us, abolishing the law with its commandments and ordinances, that He might create in Himself one new humanity in place of the two, thus making peace, and might reconcile both to God in one body through the cross, thus putting to death that hostility through it."
Howdy from the healing one
So I am back home (as of Friday) in the next stage of my recovery process after my Coronary Artery Bypass Graft (CABG)x4 surgery done on August 7th. I’m doing my best to take care of myself and follow my medical team’s instructions so I can heal up as efficiently as possible. I want to thank everyone once again for your kind thoughts and prayers as I move through this process.
Eschatalogica
“What I’ve taken can’t be broken, I will never see a finish;
What I’ve reached won’t fall away—I will never see it die,
I can grab all that I want now, it’s the man who hoards that wins it
Maybe if I keep on grabbing, I won’t see His weeping eyes.”
Come now, ye wretched…
Come now, ye wretched,
Come out of the Shadows,
Arise now and lift up your face to the dawn:
The Silence is broken,
A Word now is spoken
And all of the Shadows at once are all gone!
there is a RIVER
There is a River filled with tears
That courses through these broken years;
Caught up within the reckless love,
It lifts my heart to Jesus.
He bids me see His broken heart;
The wounds for me, His nail scars;
Caught up within the reckless love,
My tears and His co-mingled.
There is a River filled with love:
The tears of my dear Jesus.
Choosing What God Chooses: Rejoicing in Infirmities
Carl Beech has it right. Perhaps God doesn’t want to heal me.
There are those Christians who believe that it is always God’s will that we be healed, because that seems to make sense to us. God is good; God doesn’t want us to suffer, right?
Maybe not.
The Agnosticism of Inattention
This terrible, slow disease that we suffer from which destroys our compassion stems from what Brennan Manning calls the ‘agnosticism of inattention.’ …. In order to love, we must first begin to see.
Almost thirty years in the making, the river Beautiful will be published as a premium hardcover, a value softcover, and a very special online multimedia experience.
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