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December


Loss
An old adage seeped into the space between my synapses this week, bandying about as if it were asking me to consider it once again. You...
Jerry Waddell
Dec 17, 20242 min read


God is an audience of one
“ But we have this treasure in earthen vessels, that the excellence of the power may be of God and not us. We are hard pressed on every...
Jerry Waddell
Dec 10, 20242 min read


When God is silent
Where should I begin? This is the question the creative act asks, every painting, every poem, song, novel, and essay. And life, the life...
Jerry Waddell
Dec 3, 20242 min read


Are we there yet?
“Did you make good time?” I remember this question every time we arrived at Granny’s house on E. Montclair or at Uncle Allen’s farm on...
Jerry Waddell
Dec 25, 20232 min read


All life long
Leavings everywhere – leftover ham in the fridge, Chex mix scattered about, crumpled red and green wrapping, a gift forgotten, someone’s...
Jerry Waddell
Dec 18, 20232 min read


Keep Rowing
(Note to reader: Following is a Christmas meditation punctuated by verses from the original salvation song, Michael Row the Boat Ashore,...
Jerry Waddell
Dec 12, 20232 min read


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


Go look it up
“Mama?” “Yes.” “What does persnickety mean?” “Go look it up.” And so Mom would always respond until I quit asking. I learned to look up...
Jerry Waddell
Dec 27, 20222 min read


Moving Toward and Away
It all began the day I got the news. Opening a box containing a pacifier has its effect. The news arrested my unrestricted, youthful...
Jerry Waddell
Dec 19, 20222 min read


Every Good Beginning
“Therefore persevere. By God’s help and by your own faithfulness something good will come from the unpromising beginning. For there are...
Jerry Waddell
Dec 13, 20222 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


Is It Not?
As it is my habit to wake early and pray and absorb my devotion, when on a recent unsuspecting morning I was reading with an intent to...
Jerry Waddell
Dec 28, 20212 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


The Christmas Gift
Images appear intermittently in my mind. A confluence of past years merge within me to form this feeling I call Christmas. I confess the...
Jerry Waddell
Dec 14, 20212 min read


Two Roads
“Two roads diverged in a wood, and I took the one less traveled by and that has made all the difference.” Robert Frost Life changed after...
Jerry Waddell
Dec 7, 20212 min read


The Edge
S. Beckett Morse muddled along through life, never attending to any serious questions. His only interest was whatever the day offered....
Jerry Waddell
Dec 29, 20202 min read


On To Bethlehem
Christmas trees cut from Uncle Allen’s farm, listening to the chorus of “Be good because Santa Claus is coming and have you been a good...
Jerry Waddell
Dec 22, 20202 min read


The Giver in the Gift
For the real good of every gift is essential first, that the giver be in the gift—as God always is, for He is love—and next, that the...
Jerry Waddell
Dec 15, 20202 min read


Keep Asking
Convicted during my teen years, tagged as an old man before my time, I rarely made it to midnight on New Year’s Eve. OK. Never. Sleep was...
Jerry Waddell
Dec 8, 20202 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
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