There it lay. Wings waving, twisting in the heat scorched blaze of a summer sky. Many walk by. My eyes fix to it’s noiseless cry. I can’t move. I stand protecting it, from passer byers crushing it with their busy feet. Heart aching for the plight of a lost one, fallen so far from its nest. […]
Sitting. Like a gentle rain on a cold December day. I feel it…. Washing over me. Surfacing from a place, I didn’t know existed … Fear. Worry. Anxiety. A list of impurities. This camel back believer. Unaware. Unnecessarily carrying. Leaving. By the washing of His presence. Though…I did nothing. No more than enter. His Secret Place. […]
Some days. Big words don’t flatter. Like at 6:00 a.m. Three girls. With three different problems. Needing coddling. And talking. While, stomach refuses coffee. Some days. The King James Version, sounds like Greek and Hebrew. More than English. Brain fogged with counseling. And phone calls. And court dates for kids that keep on needing…. So much. […]
What would you ask a pastor in inland China? Well, we had the chance. Three plane flights in. Taxi ride winding around. Obstacles of people. Crunched in seat. Feeling every windy, sharp turn. Smelling fumes rising…..like the breakfast in my stomach…..from that morning. Wondering…Are we ever going to get to that church? The one we felt […]
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 […]
He goes. Our friend. To a service. Where Acts is not just another book. Sitting dormant in the Big Black Book. Taking space. Upon the shelf. Not a history lesson. Or pages in the New Testament. Great for, religious sounding theological discussions. But, a blueprint. For the church. In action. Instruction. For those Redeemed, needing a […]