Out of nowhwere, the lady with a metal cart of food, slams into the fatless leg of my husbands solid-muscled calf. Blood shoots like a volcano as a large vein becomes exposed to air. It isn’t the first time this leg has been injured. Years ago, I was awakened, jolted awake, in the early morning to […]
As a child, I used the think salvation, the giving of your heart to Jesus Christ, was kind of like standing in line, raising your hand, then signing on the dotted line, to get your drivers license. Hearts would be given to Jesus and then you would be part of some club. O.k. And maybe every […]
Internet wars, Facebook battles, media hackling its watchers with dangers and fears. It used to be, we would have to open the door to our house; jump in our car and drive somewhere local before we would let the world intervene us. But now, terrors arrive through the screens of our t.v. watching, kids holding their […]
I was shocked, the first time I heard of it. A breathing app? I mean, why would anyone need reminders on their phone to breathe? With a list that seems like, I scratch off one item and add two more, I run faster, push harder to take excellent care of the babies in my home. I […]
I first heard the word on one of the podcasts I was listening to recently; Jamie Ivey. The word gripped my heart, but also, just the sound of it made me want to run. Then I walked through the trenches with Kara Kippett, tasting each of her words, like a morsal of sweetness and bitter, drawn […]
Hazard lights flash, as an officer coasts past, watching the well-dressed woman risk her life to post a political sign on the side of a busy street. We are all sign-posters, really, daily…..Of what we believe and why. No, we may not risk getting plowed over by speeding metal contraptions, but… We all risk losing much, […]