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  • Thoughts from the Mountain: The Way to Heaven
    Sunday, August 17th, 2025     Audrey Frank     Start the Conversation

    “Do not let your hearts be distressed. You believe in God; believe also in me. There are many dwelling places in my Father’s house. Otherwise, I would have told you, because I am going away to make ready a place for you. And if I go and make ready a place for you, I will come again and take you to be with me, so that where I am you may be too. And you… Read More

  • Thoughts from the Mountain: Walking Together is Learning
    Sunday, August 10th, 2025     Audrey Frank     Start the Conversation

    Jesus himself approached and began to accompany them (but their eyes were kept from recognizing him). Then he said to them, “What are these matters you are discussing so intently as you walk along?”  They said to each other, “Didn’t our hearts burn within us while he was speaking with us on the road, while he was explaining the scriptures to us?” Luke 24:15, 32 Sweat trickled down my back like a pesky fly caught… Read More

  • It Hurts to Listen Well
    Sunday, August 3rd, 2025     Audrey Frank     2 Comments

      I hear your soul, friend. Honest  Raw.   I am witness to the miracle Fragile Rare.   Like that fox last week Emerging from the brambles Stopping Staring Inviting connection.   Your soul  Came out of hiding Timidly approaching Mine Is she safe?   Words pushed out like birth Startled By the sound  Of your soul’s primal Cry.   Your truth is painful Bloody Wailing.   My soul explodes with anguish Listening To your… Read More

  • Thoughts from the Mountain: Humility
    Sunday, July 27th, 2025     Audrey Frank     Start the Conversation

    for one who consistently chooses to go lower still.   Be completely humble and gentle; be patient, bearing with one another in love. Ephesians 4:2 As our small hiking group approached a fork in the rocky mountain path, two of us were distracted, quibbling about mean matters of life. The quiet voice of our leader interrupted the chatter. Surveying ahead, I think we need to go lower. It was then that we noticed the danger… Read More

  • Pride is so Exhausting
    Sunday, July 20th, 2025     Audrey Frank     2 Comments

    "Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke on you and learn from me, because I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. For my yoke is easy to bear, and my load is not hard to carry."  Jesus, in Matthew 11:28-30 Jesus' famous words in Matthew 11 have beckoned to me during many a season of… Read More

  • Blind Side
    Sunday, July 13th, 2025     Audrey Frank     Start the Conversation

    Who can tell how often he offends? O cleanse me from my secret faults. Keep your servant also from presumptuous sins, lest they get the dominion over me; so shall I be undefiled, and innocent of great offense. Let the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be always acceptable in your sight, O Lᴏʀᴅ, my rock and my redeemer.   Psalm 19:12-14, The New Coverdale Psalter, from the Book of Common… Read More

  • The Silence of God
    Sunday, July 6th, 2025     Audrey Frank     Start the Conversation

    I just finished Shûsaku Endô’s terribly beautiful book, Silence, about two missionaries who go into 17th century Japan to find their beloved mentor, who is reported to have apostatized under unbearable persecution. It was assumed, even by Endô’s publishers, that Silence was about the silence of God. Yet, for the rest of Endô’s life as he lectured about the book, he stated, “I did not write a book about the silence of God, I wrote… Read More

  • Beloved
    Sunday, June 22nd, 2025     Audrey Frank     One Comment

      Go gently through this day, Beloved. The world doth violence To our souls.   Look carefully before you, Beloved. The path is narrow, But good.   Tend kindly to your soul, Beloved. His mercies have no limit; Rely on them.   Stay your mind on Him,  Beloved. He will surely keep you In perfect peace.   Release your cares to Him, Beloved. Our Helper is reliable; Trust Him.   Let the laughter come, Beloved.… Read More

  • Turbine
    Sunday, June 15th, 2025     Audrey Frank     Start the Conversation

    Il vostro cuore non sia turbato; credete in Dio, credete anche in me! Giovanni 14:1   Do not let your hearts be troubled. You believe in God; believe also in me. John 14:1, NIV I love the way languages deepen my understanding of the Word of God.  To English speakers, the Italian word turbato may sound familiar. It springs from the Latin root turbinem, and from it we derive English words such as turmoil, disturb,… Read More

  • Examine Me
    Sunday, June 1st, 2025     Audrey Frank     Start the Conversation

    Examine me, O LORD, and test me. Evaluate my inner thoughts and motives. Psalm 26:2 Wow! Both the word examine and the word evaluate are words used in refining and purifying metals.  בָּחַן ḇâḥan, examine, means to investigate, prove, examine, test, try (of gold, persons, the heart, man of God); to make a trial.   צָרַף ṣârap̱, evaluate, means to purge away, pure, melt, founder, goldsmith, refine, fuse. To cast.To test (and prove true). Olive… Read More