Our flesh is a magnet for “stuff”; clothes, assets, houses that look Pinterest-perfect. We’ve all fallen into the pit of earning and attaining, only to get what we want before greedily demanding something more… It’s so easy for any of us to fall into the black hole of our own selfishness. Yet… I see kids in […]
Still, silent, unseen. Across deserts and oasis, we wait for our King. Lights from the city bling us into believing, we are small, not enough, unworthy of His touch. I hear rumors of Him coming. Angels sing, bright stars flicker in the night sky. Our quiet place, the empty space where animals graze… It is here, […]
I haven’t spoken in three days. Three days of walking around my world flinging my hands around, trying to get people to understand. Three days of not responding, not belting out every thought or idea. Three days of letting my thoughts settle, listening before I speak, even when it feels unnatural. I open up Luke, Chapter […]
She disappeared into the bathroom; a thin, stunning, maybe eighteen-year-old girl. Her boyfriend waited in the lobby. It was the morning a lesion would be removed from my vocal chords. And already, at 7:30 a.m. the room was filled with jittering patients. I watched her boyfriend closely, until finally, his quiet girlfriend stepped from her restroom […]
In a world of what’s easiest and convenient, why in the world would you take your small children shopping with you? I mean, after all, there is Amazon Prime. Why not order online or just set your kids in front of Disney Plus, to brave the stores quietly and alone? The sun was barely up this […]
My new, little trendy black backpack flings over my shoulder as I do a mental check-off; phone, keys, i.d. before heading out the door. It’s a season where presents are central, a wild fury, enticing destiny since before Thanksgiving. Yet, the few gifts I’ve purchased have been from the internet, three books of a series of […]