Kirby Lee Davis
"Behold, the new has come."
Let’s dive into another devotional drawn from nature. Our topic: budding! After days of near-freezing temperatures, I was surprised to...
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Kirby Lee Davis
- Nov 12, 2020
- 2 min
A rose by any other name...
It's time for another devotional drawn from nature. Our focus: a rose! At least I think it’s a rose… it’s pink, beautiful, and has petals...
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Kirby Lee Davis
- Nov 8, 2020
- 2 min
Blessed assurances
I’ve been told I take too many risks in this world, walking alone as I do, my head often lost in a book. I reassure people that I’m not...
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Kirby Lee Davis
- Nov 6, 2020
- 4 min
Reflections on our nature, and God's
And now for something completely different: yet another devotional drawn from nature. Its focus: introspection. I have always loved water...
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Kirby Lee Davis
- Oct 27, 2020
- 3 min
The two sides of patience
And now, another devotional from nature. Our topic: patience! You see here a batch of photos I took with my iPhone during friendly...
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Kirby Lee Davis
- Oct 22, 2020
- 2 min
For everything there is a season...
And now for another devotional from nature. Our topic: autumn! It’s fun to watch seasons change, and not just along nature trails and...
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Kirby Lee Davis
- Oct 16, 2020
- 2 min
The road to truth and freedom
And now, a devotional from nature. Its focus: the road to truth, and freedom. Presented for your perusal, two views of one rose. They're...
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Kirby Lee Davis
- Oct 11, 2020
- 3 min
Our God is a consuming fire...
Let's dive into another devotional drawn from nature. Our focus: flames! Organic flames! At least that is what I think of when I look at...
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Kirby Lee Davis
- Oct 4, 2020
- 2 min
On leadership
And now for another devotional from nature: taking point! Sometimes it’s easy to recognize leaders. They go before us, set our course,...
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Kirby Lee Davis
- Oct 1, 2020
- 2 min
Light in the darkness
And now for another devotional drawn from nature. Our focus: a light in the darkness! It's always nice to discover flowers in your path....
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Kirby Lee Davis
- Sep 25, 2020
- 2 min
Finding truth in contrast
Let me offer a devotional drawn from nature. Our focus: stark contrast! Nothing demonstrates the dimensions of color better than a...
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Kirby Lee Davis
- Sep 20, 2020
- 2 min
The heart of the matter
And now for something completely different: ministry! SPOILER ALERT: if God talk offends you, stop now. But if not, let us behold the...
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Kirby Lee Davis
- Sep 12, 2020
- 5 min
Of faith, despair, and "The Spawn of Fashan"
It’s easy to slip into despair, in ways you never anticipate. This year proved this to me so many times, starting that very first Sunday...
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Kirby Lee Davis
- Apr 17, 2020
- 12 min
Tales from my shelves: The marble
Two pieces of stone anchor one of my bookshelves. Both provide links to favorite offices of my past. One's a chunk of terra cotta from...
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Kirby Lee Davis
- Feb 27, 2020
- 3 min
The defiant leaf
And now for something completely different: a parable! As expected, winter descended upon Tulsa's Zink Park, and with it, the last of the...
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Kirby Lee Davis
- Jan 9, 2020
- 2 min
Two things... maybe three...
You see here the latest irony in a life full of ironies – my copy of In Cold Blood, stained with my own cold blood. This macabre keepsake...
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Kirby Lee Davis
- Dec 27, 2019
- 6 min
My life's ambition, part four... of faith, family, failure, and fiction...
There I was, a new century unfolding, and I deemed myself a total failure. That had nothing to do with my writing ambitions, futile...
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Kirby Lee Davis
- Dec 10, 2019
- 4 min
My life's ambition, part three... a novel way to break into the market
There I was, the ‘80s rolling to an end, my novel The Prophet and the Dove complete after nearly three years of research, editing, and...
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Kirby Lee Davis
- Dec 5, 2019
- 3 min
My life's ambition, part two...
There I was, not even 30 years old, yet stuck in a life crisis. Let’s reset the stage for those who didn’t read the last blog (although I...
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Kirby Lee Davis
- Nov 11, 2019
- 3 min
My life's ambition, part one
In just a few days my novel The Prophet and the Dove will get its worldwide release. It marks a career milestone… and a very personal...
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Kirby Lee Davis
- Sep 24, 2019
- 4 min
An environmental letdown
This just in on the recycling front: Used dryer sheets make lousy Kleenexes. It's true, according to the latest report from our...
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Kirby Lee Davis
- Aug 22, 2019
- 3 min
Of rainbow sprays and nutcase brays, bookish ways and aging days...
"Hey, you! What are you doing, laying in the street in front of my house?" "Trying to photograph a rainbow." "Oh, really?" "Really."...
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Kirby Lee Davis
- Aug 6, 2019
- 7 min
Tales from My Shelves: The Tooth
I have a friend who keeps his workspace filled with spare briefcases, bow ties, books, hats, plaques, trophies, sports keepsakes, and...
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Kirby Lee Davis
- Jul 24, 2019
- 6 min
My favorite books, part 1
A few years back, a friend asked me to name my three most influential books, which got me to pondering. I responded with the first 19...
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