fullness of life

June 11, 2023

Three simple rules

“If the foundations are destroyed,” the psalmist wondered, “what can the righteous do” (Ps. 11:3)? It’s not an idle question; it’s a pressingly relevant question for today. After surveying a range of opinions about the state of the nation, New York Times staff writer Katherine Miller last December wrote, “There’s an argument that this is Continue reading

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April 2, 2023

Go the distance

“By your endurance you will gain your souls” (Luke 21:19). The end of Lent is not Easter; it’s this Holy Week, and it begins with Palm Sunday. Easter is in God’s hands; Palm Sunday is in ours. On Easter Day, we celebrate what God has done; on Palm Sunday we have to choose what we Continue reading

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June 26, 2022

In the debris and clutter

How can you live the best life possible, a life full and satisfying beyond anything you can imagine? The quest for that life is as old as human history. We see it in the search for the holy grail, for the fountain of youth, for the pot of gold at the end of the rainbow. Continue reading

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About Me

Rich Neal is, in no particular order, a wordsmith and graphic designer; lover of typography, books, and publishing; photographer; contemplative; saunterer; and a retired and still-active pastor. He claims neither special wisdom nor particularly deep insight into life, only occasional glimpses of what lies behind the veil along the way. He shares them here in the hope of connecting the pieces of life’s puzzle that come to him in the journey and would consider it a gift if sharing them also connected him with others who travel an unmarked path toward the same unknown end.

fullness of life

Three simple rules

Go the distance

In the debris and clutter