She sits unassuming. Drawn to her…not knowing why. Next to her resides, the man with transparent eyes. And I need to know them, need to hear their story. Seemingly just an ordinary, average, every-day after dinner get-together, with some of our closest friends. But soon I’d find, this meeting was nothing but ordinary. This couple, tugging […]
What a Marysville Shooting Shouts to Each of Us
Another shooting. This time, not far off; somewhere I can’t map, or a place I’ve never been to… But here. Right here in my city. Oso mudslide in the next town last year, and now some teen grabs a gun and decides to shoot hate inside a lunch room…instead of love? And when video games immune […]
Have You Had Enough?
It’s hot. Skin meltingly hot. Twists and turns, around the bends in the road, across the long, hot, dry land. Alone. No one to talk to. Not one friend beside her. Earlier that day, the other women clamor, chat, failing to invite her. Another morning lost, alone, needy, destitute. Waking dirty. With a man worse than […]
Crucifying My Religious Spirit
Four tall-back, arm chairs sitting high on a platform. I knew I was in trouble, right then and there. I started to squeal and squirm, remembering a sermon I once heard, “Always be weary of leaders who sits high above you on fancy, white, arm chairs.” Thoughts of “religious spirits” danced through my brain. Painted hair, […]
Have You Heard Yet? He Is Coming.
He lurks in the distance. I see him. Patient. Strong. Waiting. We set up dreams, eclipses, preparing our life, dictating in regiments. And yet, the gentlemen that He is; stands off, still near…watching. We juggle our circumstances, manage our conflicts, wrestle with doubt, fight for strength. Yet, nothing short of the fullness He wants to impart […]
What Every Young Person Needs to Know About Changing the World
I see you there, twenty-something. Caught in the grip of a world gone toxic. You flounder in doubt, struggle for truth, are caught in the web, that you are too young, too weak, too inexperienced…to change. But God says you are His. A Timothy. Someone He longs to use. You have a dream meant for pursuing. […]