top of page
Daniel


Up Above
Something was wrong. My otherwise un-intruded childhood witnessed my dark-colored friend, Daniel, mistreated. The uneasiness covered me...
Jerry Waddell
Dec 4, 20232 min read


God's advent has a name
Advent, beginnings, are like that old Confucius saying – the journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step. In my life, it began...
Jerry Waddell
Dec 6, 20222 min read


In the Shadow of Grace
I live in the shadows, the shaded remembrances of my past, persistent guideposts and framers of the person I was, who I became and still...
Jerry Waddell
Apr 26, 20222 min read


One And The Same
“I long to see you that I may impart to you some spiritual gift to make you strong – that is, that you and I may be mutually encouraged...
Jerry Waddell
Apr 5, 20222 min read


Cross Words, Crossroads, and The Cross
“Therefore, we must give the more earnest heed to the things we have heard, lest we drift away” (Hebrews 2:1). Mother reared me with...
Jerry Waddell
Mar 28, 20222 min read


A Most Intolerant Savior
Somewhere in the lexicon of Christian thought, the idea of tolerance crept in to suggest this was the whole and final conclusion one...
Jerry Waddell
Jan 25, 20222 min read


The Gifts Within
In my mind, I’m traveling across the South Carolina sand hills, driving the backroads passing landmarks so familiar each barely receives...
Jerry Waddell
Dec 21, 20212 min read


Seed and harvest
“ Judge not, that you be not judged. For with that j udgment you judge , you will be judged; and with the measure you use, it will be...
Jerry Waddell
Dec 1, 20202 min read


Going Back
Daniel's brother, Ed, because I do not have a picture of Daniel Never should one ask, if not prepared for truth, to go back. Bliss...
Jerry Waddell
Oct 20, 20202 min read


The Mirror
Jack dies. He finds himself walking down a dirt lane. In the distance, he sees a gate. As he nears, he sees a man tending a garden. He’s...
Jerry Waddell
Aug 11, 20202 min read


Daniel and me
During those times when life wrenches from me a comfort of which I’ve become fond, and harshness disrupts and confounds me, my mind fades...
Jerry Waddell
Jun 23, 20202 min read


My sunfleck moments
But it is written: “Eye has not seen, nor ear heard, Nor have entered into the heart of man The things which God has prepared For those...
Jerry Waddell
Jun 2, 20202 min read


I Knew Its Name
Is there a Daniel in your life? There is, was, in mine. I have long lost contact with Daniel. Life, geography, time, and ambition...
Jerry Waddell
Apr 28, 20202 min read


A Twice Told Tale Told Again
His name was Daniel, the caddy master at Orangeburg Country Club. The title puzzled me as Orangeburg did not have caddies. But then, golf...
Jerry Waddell
Mar 17, 20202 min read
bottom of page
