We pass him along the gravel road in the middle of Dominican Republic. “He is going to kill me,” he says walking fast in the opposite direction. His eyes fixed. Not darting to look at anyone. But I knew he was talking to us. “I am going to kill him first.” He mutters. Robotic. Long strides […]
Why It’s Time We Stop Making Excuses. And UNITE Linky
The world is filled with excuses. I know. I am the creator of the best of them. I have pulled them on, dug them up, lassoed every excuse of why I can’t live fully for God. You too? See there is just something about smallness that makes us want to breath deep and crawl up into […]
It’s Never too Late for God to Use YOU!
I shared this over at my private Facebook page and thought I’d post it here too! If anything, I just really want YOU to know…it doesn’t matter how broken, or lost, or dysfunctional your life may seem to you… God can use YOU…. As a little girl I was drawn to the missionaries who came from around the […]
My Homeless Friend Steve and Our Theology of Excess
We have an hour to spare. I wasn’t even looking for him. “That’s him, that’s Steve”, I gasp to my spouse. In a parking lot, leaning up against the light post, wearing the same dirty green, army jacket he wore the last time I talked to him. His furry friend still close. Nothing has changed, except […]