He Waits

She wakes, stumbles downstairs, nothing in hand, clinging to the mug she sips coffee from.  And He waits… Kids clamor awake.  She pulls herself up from her slumbering state, feeding them, gets them ready for their day.  And He waits…. Bus comes.  Finally the house is silent. The demands of little hands aren’t there pulling at […]

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A Prayer – Don’t Let Me Slip

Oh God, we come to you today as needy!  We come in weakness, confessing we have no strength.  We are like pilgrimagers, sojourners, plowing away through this toil in hopes to find you. And why is it easier to look for you in places and other people…than to close our eyes, be still, and absorb your […]

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What A Pastor In Inland China Asks For……

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 […]

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