Written by Bobby Burgess
My dusty guitar is in my hands, and as I strum the mistuned strings, I think of David in Saul’s court. To soothe someone full of anger and hatred, possessed perhaps by an evil spirit sent by the Lord to torment him; what skill he must have [...]

His son lay upon his chest resting. Going deeper into his special dreams I wondered what he sees when his eyes are closed. Is he already free in his mind and I don’t recognize it because I am expecting him to be like other little boys?
What is autism?

“Everybody’s got a hungry heart.” The first time I heard this was on some radio with Bruce Springsteen belting out a tune about leaving behind the old to search for something new. Of course his lyrics clearly spoke of how he was looking for this something new in the existing culture and a [...]

How I long to be close to your Presence
I drop to my knees unasked but willing to be humble
You command my respect captivating me with tender mercies
Who am I that You would want to know me
Who are You but hope and salvation
As tears run down my cheeks You capture them
I think the bottle must [...]

The lights dimmed and the music with its backbeat was turned up. A hush came upon the audience and we all looked to the spotlit stage. Dancing out to the front of the stage was a young man whose age I could only guess to be in his early teens. His face was painted [...]

“He will not expose me, but He will cover me because He loves me.” Anonymous quote from a dear friend.
I hang around people who have a deeply personal relationship with the Lord and because of it they often have sound words of wisdom. I was recently chatting about areas of healing for those open [...]

The week is half gone and at the beginning I felt as though I were loosing my semblance of what I consider to be sanity. These days that is nothing more than being outside of my peaceful zone. I have become so used to living in this peaceful presence I don’t often know how [...]

“A simple virtuous soul sees evil in nothing, for evil exists not in things but in corrupt hearts.” Saint Therese of Lisieux

Ever have days where it just felt as though something went left but you can’t figure out where? I actually felt as though I was hanging by a thread to my sanity and my peace of mind. I made it through the day but about the time I hit the freeway something just seemed [...]

“I don’t want to talk about you like you’re not in the room
I want to look right at you I want to sing right to you….”
These are worship lyrics that struck my heart with resonance. How many of us are going through the motions when we profess to be worshipping? Are we merely mouthing [...]