Ashes

A word picture about God's intentions for us stimulated by the experience of having ashes blow in one's face.

Buds

A word picture about life and death based on observing pussywillow stems in a vase and on the bush.

Cisterns

Unlike a cistern which can run dry, God made us to draw on the deep well of His eternal abundance.

Confession

A word picture about the relationship between the new life God gives us once for all and confession which we need to do regularly.

Dandelions

A word picture about how sin, like dandelions, can take over unless we live in the power of the Spirit.

Debt

It's a word picture about the inevitable day when the accounts of our moral debts are called in.

Dust

A word picture about God's light shining into our lives based the interplay of light and dust in a grist mill.

Hit and Miss

A word picture about the Christian life based on the old "hit and miss engines" of pioneer days.

Hydrangea

A word picture about how our character, like hydrangea, has the tendency to be deeply affected by our environment.

Love Letter

A word picture about how we should approach the Bible based on way we might approach a letter.

An Oil Lamp

A word picture about spiritual illumination based on reflections upon finding an old oil lamp.

On A Tether

A word picture about freedom based on observations of a variety of animals on tethers and leashes.

Outside Dog

A word picture about the kind of gods people choose based on what we might call "an outside dog."

Pandemic

A word picture about parallels between the swine flu pandemic in the physical world and the sin pandemic in the spiritual realm.

Ready for the Big Move

A word picture about our preparation for eternity based on what we do when we change homes.

Receiving Gifts

A word picture about the way God's best gifts come to us based on one of Ron's childhood experiences.

Rest

A word picture about the Christian's rest based on the rest of a usually frenetic toddler.

Trees

A word picture about spiritual growth based on observations about the way trees grow.

A Used Napkin

A word picture about proof of the resurrection based on Jesus' sharing a meal with His disciples.

Waiting

A word picture about the difference between anticipating good news and bad.

Work

A word picture about our part in our salvation based on some thoughts about different kinds of work.