Faith is the assurance of things unseen… I had been feeling the tugging at the core of my being. Seen it on the horizon. Had dreams that the crib we leave open for foster children wasn’t going to be empty for too long. My mind saw no name, or age, or date…but my spirit saw a […]
We gather around table, bowing heads. No pews. No holy cross staring at us from some sanctuary. No spiritual music calling us deeper. Just ladies. All ages. Weak. Vulnerable. Trying to gain faith and strength in our weariness. And we recognize, sometimes “having faith” can be tough, in a day where children die, lives get ripped […]
“Crazy. I was just about to call you.” I can almost hear his smile on the other end of the line. “That’s just the way it is when you have been married a long time.” His words confirm our heart connection that only comes after knowing someone, deep, personally, intimately…for a very long time. But I […]
Ever wake one day and something you treasured deeply was gone…just gone? My ninety-year-old great-aunt bought property in Florida, decades ago. She lived where it was open, remote, free. But before long, she heard reports of a “bad community of people” living deep behind the woods that lined her property. At night their thumping music echoed […]
Ever had a dream that you were running from someone? You know; heart beating, palms sweating, eyes darting back to see if your pursuer is about to overtake you? I did. In fact, frequent nights, I lived this nightmare in childhood. Yet somewhere along the way, my running became a way of life. And after a […]
“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 […]