by budlamb | Sep 13, 2020 | Chasing the Sage
Let your eyes look directly ahead, let your gaze be fixed straight in front of you. Proverbs 4:24 NASB Early in my recovery I heard a guy in a meeting say, “You can’t prevent a pretty woman from coming into your line of sight but you can control the second look.” At...
by budlamb | Feb 23, 2020 | Chasing the Sage
I began to chase the sage reading timeless prayers scribbled on hearts of wise men long gone. This Litany of Penitence calls deep to deep, I stumbled upon one evening. Almost immediately I began to slowly read it in a whisper and it swallowed me whole. Most holy and...
by budlamb | Jan 19, 2020 | Chasing the Sage
Jesus was/is not anxious as we are anxious – worried about stuff. Jesus was/is unhurried. Imagine that! Meditation, reflection, sustained focus is something we all can learn, Without it we chase rabbit trails, with it we can find the narrow way; contentment...
by budlamb | Dec 15, 2019 | Chasing the Sage
My first book, Making a U-Turn, was a short book of poems written during a dark season of my life. I was in my mid forties. My wife had left me – for issues on her side of the street and for mine. After almost 15 years it caught me off guard. I really...
by budlamb | Nov 29, 2019 | Chasing the Sage
“A journey into the second half of our lives awaits us all. Not everybody goes there, even though all of us get older, and some of us get older than others. A “further journey” is a well-kept secret, for some reason. Many people do not even know...