“Crazy. I was just about to call you.” I can almost hear his smile on the other end of the line. “That’s just the way it is when you have been married a long time.” His words confirm our heart connection that only comes after knowing someone, deep, personally, intimately…for a very long time. But I […]
A church exodus. I see it all around. Young people today are leaving God’s-house. While statistics tell us, smaller churches will be gobbled up in even greater proportions in years to come. And I grieve at the disrepair and disrespect people have for His temple. And though we are the residence of the living God. Our […]
The waves of redemption from his nine months gone…hadn’t even hit me yet. The shock. That his face. Was in more than my thoughts. But a bed. Tucked tight with the retribution. That I am whole again. Son. Finally home. Serving. Philippines. And helping. Earthquake. Landslides. Victims. People flooded with a desperate pleading… Son answering. The […]
Have you ever had one of those days? Like today. Call from my child’s school. Saying…..there has been a mistake. Hepatitis B. Not in records. Deleted from the computers at the clinic. Shots. Three kids. Countless foster infants. All up to date. But, they insist. So…we make a road trip. Twenty miles away. To our pediatrician. […]
When my son was little, he was a runner. He darted in stores. Down streets. And ran with great fever, wherever he went. To keep Him close…..so he wouldn’t get hurt……we found a long, rainbow Safety Leash that we wrapped around his waist. It had a handle on one end that we would double up around […]
My prayer for you today…. That you leave the safe harbors of life….. And enter the open waters….. Washing. Waiting. Welcoming you….. And that grace….like a strong sea…. Would cover you….. Change you….. Call you deeper to things you never thought you would know or see….because….. “Twenty years from now…. You will be […]