by darndestdabbler | Nov 9, 2025 | Uncategorized
If you are like me, then your life has brought you through at least one significant wilderness – a very challenging situation that lasts for a while and requires some spiritual strength to get through it. That wilderness is a significant challenge and burden but also...
by darndestdabbler | Oct 11, 2025 | Spiritual
Although most people I grew up with might have described me as a pretty good kid, there was a short time when I was headed down the wrong path. Ironically, my wrong path commenced after an event in my childhood where I ended up doing the right thing, and I was...
by darndestdabbler | Sep 27, 2025 | Spiritual
On most days when I walk from the bus stop to work, I pick up trash along the way. I started doing this because after months of ignoring the trash that I walked past each day, I began to feel guilty that I wasn’t doing something about it. So, I started picking...
by darndestdabbler | Aug 28, 2025 | Spiritual
I believe there are natural metaphors all around us — where nature often conveys something deep, rich, and profound about life, spirit, or truth. In a previous post, I shared a natural metaphor related to a woman’s womb (The After-Womb: A Parable), which,...
by darndestdabbler | Jul 26, 2025 | Spiritual
As I was riding my bike one morning, I was reflecting upon the Gospels to which I had been listening for the past several days. In particular, I was thinking about how some parts of the Gospels, like the Sermon on the Mount, really emphasize Jesus as the way of...