When Life Has Landmines. How to Respond.

I look around, outside my life, and see a war zone. Families. Children. Marriages. Almost as if the world is walking around blind, unaware that they are stepping on…. Landminds. I grieve the catastrophes.  My eight year old neighbor, like a son, having to move because his parents are divorcing. A mom struggling as her nine […]

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When Seasons Disappoint.

Everywhere I turn, “Martha Stewart” type pictures sting. Taunt.  Patronize.  Sky high Christmas trees. Presents flowing…covering the floor of what others might call the perfect season. While our tree sits.  Undecorated. Presents everywhere. Hats.  New shoes.  Photos.  Santa.  Snow globes.  Lights.  Christmas cards with photos of families. Unflawed. While our cards sit.  Untouched.  Foster daughter.  Fighting […]

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Naked Worship.

Sometimes, when the road is the only solace.  Hardships have no answers.  Camels threads start to break backs slouched with questions.  Wings tempt snipping with doubts and decisions….. ……The best thing to do is praise Him. This day.  Coming empty.  Each mile taking off layers……of well caked on make-up. Images not mattering anymore….when rain falls…..And the […]

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Christian’s Gone Mute: An Internet Epidemic

Where are they?  I scan the internet for hours. Researching for a blog post…. But I do not find them. Squeaky Wheels only.  Sharing their opinions….while all the Christian’s have gone silent. MIA.  In other words….Missing In Action. Shuffling in my seat.  Discontent fills the room.  Each site that I click on.  Has radical views…. While […]

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When You Air Your Dirty Laundry For All To See

“How are you?”  I hear with unsympathetic contempt.  From the one with twisted intent. Those that you try to run from when church service is over. You know them? And tight grips that once kept my life circumstances from slipping through gossiping lips……does not work anymore. Palms are open.  My story is out there for all to see. […]

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When His Shores Are Rest

The beach beckons.  Because indoors can’t contain my soul cry that needs deliverance. And I am lured to the water, as a wanderer through the dessert seeks desperately for life. And I know quite well by now….the earth and it’s foolishness never suffices. It is only the Savior. The Creator. The One called to worship that […]

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