Below is an excerpt from my book No Perfect Time: Brief Essays on Life and Faith. He allowed his weight to do most of the work as he eased back into the driver’s seat. A turn of the key and the engine awoke. A flip of a lever and his dashboard glowed a soft orange.Continue reading “No Perfect Time Book Excerpt: Waiting”
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Joy: A Mid-Year Check-In
In lieu of making New Year’s resolutions, I’ve been choosing a single word by which to live throughout the year. This year’s word is Joy: Soon after I chose this word for 2024, I had the idea to keep a joy logbook: I bought a little pocket weekly planner, and I’d write down all theContinue reading “Joy: A Mid-Year Check-In”
A Prayer by a Mustard Bush
based on Mark 4:26-34 Faithful God, sometimes we’re frustrated by the meagerness of our actions. Any positive change that we seek to make for ourselves, for others, or for the world seems so insignificant compared to the size of the suffering around and within us. At best, we can hope that the ways we partnerContinue reading “A Prayer by a Mustard Bush”
Jeffrey A. Nelson 