homecoming

May 5, 2024

Grounded in love

“In returning and rest you shall be saved; in quietness and in trust shall be your strength” (Isa. 30:15). For as long as I can remember, those words from Isaiah have spoken to me at some deep level, and my appreciation of them continues to grow and deepen. Mind you, I don’t yet fully understand Continue reading

Ruminations

abide in my love, Antaeus, come home, Dorothy, golden future, golden past, Hercules, homecoming, love one another, my heart’s desire, New Jerusalem, parable of the great banquet, prodigal son, returning and rest, Trip to Bountiful
February 9, 2023

That final trip home

My resolve not to return to Missouri for a visit started to waver months ago as I considered a retrospective (final?) tour of the turf where my family roots are sunk deep. I recalled how grounded I felt in 2019 when I last wandered the hills and homesteads my paternal family line has called home Continue reading

Ruminations

children and firearms, coping with change, disillusionment, family roots, freedom, going home, homecoming

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.

homecoming

Grounded in love

That final trip home