“To have found God and still to pursue Him is the soul’s paradox of love.” – Aiden Wilson Tozer
My dog, Jackson, and I lived together for over eight years. Along this path I discovered parallels between how my dog responded to me and how I want to respond to my God. Of course, the analogies are incomplete, and not everything that Jackson did was noteworthy as a spiritual lesson. Jumping up on the sofa …
“A dog is the only thing on earth that loves you more than he loves himself.” Josh Billings I would characterize Jackson as a dog whose love language was “touch,” but that is probably not a strong enough descriptor. His love language was more like “press.” If I stopped to pet or scratch him, he …
In the last post I introduced you to my dog Jackson, a most fearful and skittish canine. Chalk some of this up to his pedigree, dubious as it seemed to be, since he was part Dalmatian. The rest of his jumpiness seemed to be related to a traumatic history that apparently involved brooms and other …
Meet my dog, Jackson. I acquired him from the local shelter along with his “bunkmate,” Abby (with the red collar). Abby was a great-looking Labrador mix, with an estimated age of 10 or 11 years. She and Jackson, who was thought to be about four years old, arrived at the shelter together and appeared to …
Jackson - A Most Unusual Dog. The pictures with this post is of Jackson, who was truly a most unusual dog. A pound rescue from 2015 (one of a pair of dogs I adopted that year), Jackson went on to be locally famous for his uncanny ability to find people who needed, well, and empathetic …
My dog, Jackson, and I have lived together for five years now. Along this path I have discovered linkages between how my dog responds to me and how I want to respond to my God. Of course, the analogies are incomplete and not everything that Jackson does is noteworthy as a spiritual lesson. Like jumping …
Photo: Abby (left) and Jackson (right) “A dog is the only thing on earth that loves you more than he loves himself.” Josh Billings In the last post, I introduced you to my dog Jackson, a most fearful and skittish canine. Remember that Jackson and his companion, Abby, were both acquired from the local shelter, …
Photo: Abby (red collar) and Jackson at the river behind my home. Meet my dog, Jackson. I acquired him from the local shelter along with his “bunkmate,” Abby. Abby was a great-looking Labrador mix, with an estimated age of 10 or 11 years. She and Jackson, who was thought to be about four years old, …
One Pursuit 