Pilgrim Notes

Walls of Jerusalem

Doug Floyd — Mon, 18 May 2026 18:55:40 +0000

“Go, inspect the city of Jerusalem. Walk around and count the many towers. Take note of the fortified walls, and tour all the citadels, that you may describe them to future generations. For that is what God is like. He is our God forever and ever, and he will guide us until we die.” (Psalm […]

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Gifts of God

Doug Floyd — Sat, 16 May 2026 13:04:27 +0000

I said to the Lord, “You are my Master! Every good thing I have comes from you.” (Psalm 16:2, NLT) We are surrounded by gifts. Breath. Light. Embrace. Music. Laughter. Even pain and suffering. I realize my suffering cannot compare with what some have endured. But for me, those times when I struggled in the […]

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Speaking About God

Doug Floyd — Thu, 07 May 2026 19:51:06 +0000

In On Christian Theology, Rowan Williams writes, “Language about God is kept honest in the degree to which it turns on itself in the name of God, and so surrenders itself to God: it is in this way that it becomes possible to see how it is still God that is being spoken of, that […]

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Thinking About The Last Supper

Doug Floyd — Mon, 29 Jul 2024 02:08:32 +0000

Folks all around me have been talking about the opening ceremony at the Olympics in France and, oddly enough, “The Last Supper.” At first, many people suggested that the opening ceremony mocked Leonardo Davinci’s “The Last Supper.” Then, a host of voices said that this was not a mockery of DaVinci’s painting, but it depicted […]

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Thanksgiving

Doug Floyd — Fri, 25 Nov 2022 06:30:15 +0000

Thanksgiving Day 2022 On this day of thanks giving, I am giving thanks for the last year and its challenges. In August 2021, I was hospitalized with COVID. I was in and out of the hospital over several months. During that time, I lost my ability to walk and my kidney function. After help from […]

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Enlightenment

dougfloyd — Thu, 19 Mar 2020 16:02:04 +0000

As I walk around my house, I see intimations of spring. While some blooms are opening wide, most prick the landscape with hints of a color to come. From far away, the dogwoods look dead and empty. Up close, I see the edge of a glory soon to come. Last fall, I cut back four […]

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The World is on Edge

dougfloyd — Thu, 12 Mar 2020 12:50:14 +0000

In the first moments of the gray morning, I see tiny pink blossoms just beginning to burst into bloom. The world is on edge. The trees in my backyard stand silhouetted against the dim light sky. I look up, seeing darkness and hints of beauty. The sky rings out with morning songs of birds near […]

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Sabbath and Living for the Glory of God

Doug Floyd — Mon, 10 Feb 2020 18:09:16 +0000

My friend Charles Strohmer recently published a review of James Skillen’s book God’s Sabbath with Creation: Vocations Fulfilled, the Glory Revealed. Here is an excerpt from his thorough review, “This is a book of exceptional importance. Rarely have I come across a work with weightier significance about what it means to live for the glory […]

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Peace on Earth

Doug Floyd — Wed, 25 Dec 2019 15:19:07 +0000

Christmas 2019 They’re pressing in through the dark to see the child. Darkness so permeates Rembrandt’s “Adoration of the Shepherds” (1657) sketch that we can barely see the image of these night visitors. As our eyes adjust, we see the faces of shepherds longing for a glimpse of the baby that sleeps between Mary and […]

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Waiting in the Dark

Doug Floyd — Tue, 03 Dec 2019 04:22:27 +0000

I wait for the Lord, my soul waits, and in his word I hope. (Ps 130:5) Waiting in the dark can feel endless. I cannot see any horizon. There is no way to measure distance or time. It is simply waiting in the long, lonely night. I have waited days, weeks, and sometimes months in […]

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