Category Archives: Twinkling Tidbits

“A Blessed Hope”

Posted on September 21, 2015 by thehermit

Laundromat kids making friends,  oblivious to race or “differences” Pushing buttons on all the vending machines …  always hopeful. Moving in tandem each one pushing buttons  that the other has already pushed.                  A blur of candy-craving motion. This is the first … Continue reading →

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God Gazes Down

Posted on June 16, 2015 by thehermit

  God peers  at humanity, not with earthly eyes, certainly, for God does not have eyeballs, corneas, or irises.  From this angle, the time-line and evolutionary flow and history of humanity appears to be a glowing stream, round and cylindrical, rope-like.  … Continue reading →

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Strawberry Water Ice: A Tale of My Nephew Charles

Posted on March 30, 2015 by thehermit

Back then we called him Charlie (he goes by Charles now). He was nine years old and I was up in Philly visiting all of the relatives that live in that area. I was alone, neither my Mom nor my … Continue reading →

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“A Subtext”

Posted on January 1, 2015 by thehermit

  There is a subtext, a subliminal texture to the Universe … this is God.   There is a signature, a repeating pulse, a wave – a whisper of static, Hidden in the background noise of the Universe   … this … Continue reading →

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A Universe

Posted on December 27, 2014 by thehermit

Angels swimming and surfing on a sea of quantum uncertainty. Flashes of brilliance and song. Demons feasting on a dimming light … embers drifted in a void. A throneroom of glory, a birth-place of stars. What see we now? …. … Continue reading →

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Faith and Reason

Posted on October 20, 2014 by thehermit

They say we must approach God through faith.  Implied in this is that faith alone is effective; that faith is sufficient; that faith is superior. I prefer reason.  Not because I dismiss faith, far from it. My search for a … Continue reading →

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Just a Pet?

Posted on November 20, 2013 by thehermit

I had a conversation with someone who had looked at an early draft of my manuscript.  She complained that she didn’t like to think of humanity as “just pets”.  I should’ve pointed out that being a pet in heaven would … Continue reading →

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