by Duane Scott | Oct 26, 2012 | i am bibledude
The boy has a home, yet he’s homeless. He sits at my parent’s dining room table with long, gangly legs resting on another chair in front of him. This is the most relaxed I’ve seen him. When he glances my way, his eyes bleed wariness, like he doesn’t trust me and...
by Duane Scott | Sep 7, 2012 | life of worship, PRAY
You might say it’s not worth the paper, what I’m going to write today. I used to think so too. But somewhere in the process of becoming a writer and an adult, I changed my mind. Maybe by the end of these few words, you will too. Maybe you’ll also fling wide your...
by Duane Scott | Aug 31, 2012 | for reflection, PRAY
I’ve found God in a lot of places. I’ve heard sermons while sitting beneath large mango trees, sung hymns in dimly-lit hospital chapels, and listened to shouted testimonies of God’s love while riding in the back of a pickup. I’ve chased goats and chickens from behind...
by Duane Scott | Jul 20, 2012 | for reflection, PRAY, spiritual practice
The streetlamp outside the bedroom window casts a gentle glow about the room and I look at the way the light recedes; a bright halo, then soft light, then near darkness. I focus on the light, the way it moves into the darkness and is swallowed and I try, too, to move...
by Duane Scott | Jun 22, 2012 | life of worship, PRAY, spiritual practice
When the rain sweeps in, nothing really matters and isn’t this how it should be when God shows up? I peer excitedly out the window, because we have been needing this so badly; farmers everywhere in Iowa just praying for a little rain because God is the One, they...
