“Mom, I need $2700.00 in three days,” she calls from across the ocean. “What? We already sacrificed so much for the first part of this mission? O.k., I guess we’ll just take it from saving.” I think to myself, but say nothing. After all, she is eighteen. What does she really know about the reality of […]
Leaving the Church. A Mass Exodus We Can’t Ignore.
If you are a Christian, at least in these parts, it won’t take you very long to find one; someone wandering, offended, or just plain disillusioned with the institution of the church. Some of my closest brothers and sisters can be found church hopping, or saddened and leaving the church all together…silently disappearing unnoticed from corporate […]
Do You Have A Samuel?
It couldn’t be. Getting ready to sit quietly at the feet of Jesus, she texts me from across the world, “I am getting ready to sit down with Jesus too. It’s my best time of day, doing devotion”. And the Hannah in me starts to long for her curly-dark-hair bouncing, the bubbly way she greets us, […]
When You Wonder If Morning Will Come
Like a fluffy, white comforter it lay. Stretched out between the valley of cows and the road taking us high unto our home. Fog so thick, puffy, white. Still resting in the lowlands before the sun beams bright unto all creation. I watch it as I drive. Up, down, over the hills, catching glimpses of what […]
Need Strength? In A Mid-Winter Slump?
Knees bow low on the fluffy carpet calling. And it has been far too long, pouring my all, bowing my soul, lifting this voice of recognition, to The One wholly worthy, The One replacing all pain. He shows me His face, offering joy in the place of anxiety and fears. And with an outreached hand, I […]
Will You Burn Bright This Year?
“What’s that?” My husband turns his head out the window of the rolling car, to find a blue cloth-looking article lying in our driveway. “I don’t know, we can look at it later.” I suggest. But his Spirit-prompting wouldn’t settle for ignoring the bluish substance laying where our property is. He turns around. Lifts high something […]