I have been running to mountain tops lately. Trying to spot Jesus. Trying to get all that He has got. Striving my way. To redemption. Yet, as I rest. And talk to Him. Communing with The One who has all the answers. He speaks to me…. “My glory is found in weak people. Contrite places. Not […]
I don’t know what came over her. Like a seed, lying dormant. Coming alive. In that in-between. Child exiting to women-hood. This morning. Not speaking. Her silence. Deafening. Like the white page I look at. Before typing. Pure. Barren. Sacred. Holy. Careful, so as not to stain a page….Waiting for answers. And why is…. Wonder always […]
Have you ever had one of those days? Like today. Call from my child’s school. Saying…..there has been a mistake. Hepatitis B. Not in records. Deleted from the computers at the clinic. Shots. Three kids. Countless foster infants. All up to date. But, they insist. So…we make a road trip. Twenty miles away. To our pediatrician. […]
There is a common trend in faith communities. In secular communities. Sweeping across the thinking of a broad spectrum of people. It’s a trend called the power of positive thinking. It is the thinking that if we hold out an image (like a God) and believe in it… Hard enough…..Long enough…..With faith enough. It will come […]
“You are an intercessor.” Ex-pastors wife says. Among bubbles. And sun. And watermelon crying out for harvest. And it is like when you hear your name in a flooded room. And you turn. And question….. “Is that really me they’re calling?” For it has been some time. Since knees lay raw. On carpet floor. Crying out […]
Ever since I sat still. Quiet. For one full minute. With that twenty-year-old Saint. In middle school. I heard the call…. “Missions.” And I used to think. Know. I would pack my bags and live overseas, in answer to that call. But I didn’t. And missionaries were a common sight. In our old church. Growing up […]