Daring to Love and Live?

I was hiding. Curling up in my own, “I have done enough”. The face of the little one in Dominican. Her mom gone. The village whipping her with sticks, labeling her with words that scar in places human eyes can’t see….“dog”, “fatso”, “worthless”.  Thoughts swirling around in me…in corners unchained… Camping on the reality of life […]

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The Power of “Sozo”!

I can’t get it out of my head.  I turn to it.  4:00 in the morning.  Awake in my bed. And after soaking in the church for four decades.  I feel lastly ignorant to the simple steps…it requires to meet Jesus. I mean….I have taught Bible studies. Prayer ministry. Children’s Ministry.  I have done the routine….over […]

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Unconvential……At last!

Unconventional. Somehow.  Someway.  For some reason….. God uses the unconventional. The out of the box kind of life….and living…..and faith. How the blind man was asked to put mud on his eyes…… To get healed. Jesus put his fingers inside another one’s ears & spit on the tongue for a deaf man to speak…. clearly. Women’s […]

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The Spirit of Life

My Grandmother died.  When I was a child. The day she was buried, I saw a white, feathered creature rise from a fountain nearby. Not sure if what I was seeing was right….but at the time…. It was so real. I was taken back.  Surprised. Eyes fixed on this larger than life creation of God…. Risen […]

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