It was late, one hot summer night. There was a Festival going on, in Seattle. And we felt prompted to be there. So we drove to where it featured….powerful, well-known, life changing speakers. Like Nick Vujicic. And others too. Music also. But, as we circled the large auditorium. We found people standing around. In hoards. On the […]
Serving the world is not a burden. When you know. And see. And understanding the order of the Lord…. The first being last, the last being first. Giving of yourself…. Offers a reward….though carnal eyes have trouble seeing it…. So, I ask….. How can you see the Lord shine forth in your own life? How […]
It’s 3:00 a.m. and I hear you, cramming for Spanish’s semester ending. School. Work. Friends. It’s been a lot. Yet, I hear you my child. I hear the girl talks. The full hearted giggles. The way you teach and help and love your little sister. All of it. And I want you to know…. Love is […]
Day Starts. World says, “Go”. Run from the gates like a competing horse, in the Kentucky Derby. Be, “it all”. Just “do” more. But, I defy the nagging urging pressing me to stuff more….onto a plate, already full. Instead. I do something. Almost unheard of. In a life with my pace. In a culture that has […]
She is six. The same age as all those kids. Who just got shot. Her soft, pastel pajamas and bouncing braided pigtails, make their way downstairs. Towards me. It is morning. And mornings like this. Rich in His Word. Blinds me from silly things. And draws me….to my family. And those that really matter. And I […]
There is nothing like laying flat on your back for two days straight to put your mind in perspective. For sometimes standing straight up and plowing full force forward can delude ourselves to what we think we need to do…. And as my brother who has a large ministry for troubled teens continually says, “Humility isn’t […]