I cannot hear. The quiet is so loud. It bangs and shutters and drowns out words that say, “Keep moving”, “Don’t stop serving”, “Love this one He put beside you”, even though few hear, few know the fullness of this journey. Then, He shows me this season of a manger. A baby, craddled quiet, humbly separated […]
I don’t know about you, but I can get caught believing …Grace paves our way to heaven, so we don’t have to do anything. Recently, God’s been showing me just how much false teaching has been slipping into my thinking. In studying scripture, something I had never considered before was revealed to me…Jesus frequently asked people […]
She still has her Under Armour knee pads on from volleyball camp, while she asked, “Can I make a ramp?” She peddles her older sisters five-speed around the property. She grew out of her smaller one, and loves sitting higher, peddling faster, rising to challenges while fully embracing life. All the while, a war rages. Battles […]
It’s a hooded heroin, I try to discern appropriate, as my ten-year-old plays a new video game; sword glowing, balls of light burning, releasing power. In a day where people call evil good and good evil, (Isaiah 5:20)… It is vital we recognize parenting as our primary mission. The choices we make in training won’t […]
They said it was the world’s oldest alligator. Up the stairs, peering over into the secret hole where this ancient reptile lay. They said I could see him for just 50 cents. As a little girl, with my dad right beside me, at the county fair, rides spun, hearing laughter and screams enticing me to come […]
“It’s like God is scooting me back, to the outskirts…the shadows of where He is.” My voice quakes. Riding passenger with my husband. Hesitant, cautious, questioning my theology. Remembering a Bible teacher insisting, “God has no shadow”. Quoting James 1:17… “Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of […]