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from Brother Brooks (Who Else!)

Mark Cowley
Jun 14, 20231 min read


Cold Love
“Only ten percent of you sitting here will still be walking with Jesus, 10 years from now.” As a believer of only four months, this...

Mark Cowley
Jun 13, 20235 min read


The Lake
In 1938 the Tennessee Valley Authority flooded this valley in Kentucky as part of the Works Project experiment that helped bring this...

Mark Cowley
Jun 5, 20232 min read


How Small is Our World; How Big is Our God
I travelled to the East Coast last week to visit family and had a layover in the Newark/New York airport. As a result of my 20 years in...

Mark Cowley
May 25, 20234 min read


Easter Eggs Sometimes Look Just Like Mangoes!
by Brooks Hartzell Most of you know that I’m not writing about the familiar Easter egg—which is about as non-Jewish as it gets!—but about...

Mark Cowley
May 15, 20232 min read


Noticing
Much of my life has been spent in folly, trying to engineer how best to have relationship with God. And in those attempts to define and...

Mark Cowley
May 12, 20233 min read


First Encounters
I was weary...the lonely road was especially deserted that holiday weekend as I returned from a late shift around midnight. It was one of...

Mark Cowley
May 8, 20234 min read


Rehearsing Loneliness
Solitude can be exquisite…and also revealing. I’d finally reached my planned lunch stop during a solo backpack trip one early autumn and...

Mark Cowley
May 2, 20234 min read


Harmony
Humbly we yield ourselves to His Song Allowing our lives to blend... Realizing harmony brings Him great joy. Musical score of our rhythm...
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May 1, 20231 min read


Can Pancakes Draw You Closer to the Lord?
By Brooks Hartzell Can pancakes draw you closer to the Lord? You bet! If they are enjoyed with thanksgiving towards HIM! That’s what I...
brookshartzell
Apr 27, 20231 min read


Whose Performance Is It?
I bet that you have a friend like mine…Jim. Covering up a profound intellect, coupled with a confoundingly dry wit, Jim never wastes...

Mark Cowley
Apr 23, 20234 min read


Devakut
שלום חברים, מה נשמה! "Hebriar" translation might be, "Howdy neighbor, how you be!" It is with great pleasure that we reenliven the Tree...

Mark Cowley
Apr 19, 20232 min read
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