I am from Arlington, Washington. The small city, now on the map due to the landslide here in Oso. And when we think of disaster and travesties, we think about them in other places, not home. For we as people are good at separating, compartmentalizing, dividing our spirits from those things that hurt us. We want […]
What Real Faith Demands
“Without faith it is impossible to please God.” There is a faith crying out to us…in the wind. It calls, “come nearer”. It whispers, “hope”, “believe”, “persevere” for there is more we are not tasting, higher steps we have yet to embrace because of fear. I climb blindly. Will you? Will you rest on wings like […]
What If He Just Wants Us To Pray?
Sky darkens, earth shakes, lives seem to suffocate under mud, searching desperately for oxygen. While others seem to have an I.V. An answer. A solution for everything. A way to cope and control their future and their own destiny… But what if God just wants us to pray? Some claim education is the only hope of […]
Let’s Stop the Silence about Christian Suffering
“According to Persecution.org, 200 million Christians are being persecuted in the world today for their faith.” Yet, for the most part the media is silent. While in the mountains of Guatemala, I met an arm-less man filled with Jesus. A missionary there explained to us, a “neighbor” cut it off with a machete because he converted to […]
Why We Can’t Abandon The Church
A church exodus. I see it all around. Young people today are leaving God’s-house. While statistics tell us, smaller churches will be gobbled up in even greater proportions in years to come. And I grieve at the disrepair and disrespect people have for His temple. And though we are the residence of the living God. Our […]
When Sickness Won’t Let Us See
“We must work the works of Him Who sent Me and be busy with His business while it is daylight; night is coming, when no man can work.” ~ JesusI have spent much of my childhood blind. Looking back now, it was as if a dark cloud muted my sound, my thoughts, my sight, my understanding. […]