Explosions sounded, fireworks blasted, hearts were gladened, no one expecting what the coming year might bring. As usual, pens jotted lists of resolutions, hearts imagined restored finances or relations, and minds conjured a year that would be better than the one we left. Yet, as the clock ticked, as the ball dropped, as the world turned […]
Dear Busy Mama, I see you, chasing seconds…Moments where you can sneak away, take a walk or get coffee with kids resting safely (and quietly) in their carseats. I see how even brainless acts of folding laundry have become a sanctuary for your soul… Not because you want to do “one more load”, but because the […]
He stumbled down the frozen road; grey blanket, grey pants, and a sweater matching underneath. The road he shuffled on wasn’t seen by most. Little traffic, overlooking a valley, and open space in the distance. What was he doing there? Where his feet frozen, his exposed hands in below freezing weather starting to feel numb? What […]
I was a lonely child. Some days, I even sat, peering past my lace curtains to the black, night sky, hoping to see that star shining back at me. And although I was too young to know some fixed luminous point in the sky was not the Savior of the World… That star somehow gave me […]
Empty places don’t always need filling. I coast around the cliff, down our hill, across the tracks to the open field, socked with morning dew… White clouds hover over the earth, blinding creation, making it impossible to see, just a few feet in front of me… This morning of empty places, wet spaces, open earth, almost […]
I can barely scan Facebook. The wars of him and her, party lines, people and histories, temperaments and issues…filling so many minds with confusion. And yet, did Jesus live in a similar day? “Render to Caesar what is Caesars”, (Matt 20:21) he answered those petitioning whether to pay taxes to those competing with modern day ideology. Still […]