I used to live in the city. Blocks from where prostitutes walked. Sights. Sounds. Different from here in the country. And though the silence breathes through the holes that I have found. Sometimes. Yes, sometimes, the chaos all around. Fills me, until I cannot go on. Waking. Overwhelmed by the thoughts taking ground. Of our foster […]
On a street corner. Suits and high heels, click past the pavement floor he preaches on. Bold one. Hollering offense, from a microphone. Of a God who saves. One who died, so grace could shine upon, those needing freedom. Yet, no one stops. Not one listens. Evangelism, by definition, “The spreading of a Christian gospel by […]
Churches filled. People plowing into a building, in hopes to find their salvation. Dresses. Heals. Ties picked to match shirts, covering heart’s, needing true deliverance. And I have never been one for traditionalism. Rituals. Routines. Duty bound religion. Ever since childhood. When in the darkness, of a world seeking to drown me. I encountered, Jesus. And […]
Long winters pass. Sun breaks out, laughing at the darkness. All creation, resurrecting. Seeking, the unwrapping of an awakening, Lazarus. Breathing from shrouds. Binding all of life, from the fullness of freedom. Promises of spring. Coming. Here. Awaiting, the new birth. Earth. Awakens. Still much, hibernating. Locked in a cave, stubbornly clinging, to hopes and dreams. […]
Our husbands had prayed for us. Humbly on our knees. In the house before we left. “Open doors” they said. May God lead you to, “open doors.” Pastor, with God ears. Listening. Hearing too. Though He wasn’t in that house that day. And it wasn’t until we stood. On an island. There in China. That we […]
Usually it’s the kids. Spilling, dripping, staining brand new clothes. And sad to say. When this happens. I too often, just end up throwing soiled items away. But, this day. Kids scramble at my feet. So being an ex-teacher, I get out the flour, salt, alum, and food dye. Joyfully making…. Play dough. I add the ingredients. […]