Bags and kids, matching t-shirts and tutu’s. We open the double class doors and get stopped at security. We were not unfamiliar with security. A few days earlier, we were late for our airplane. We went through security with six minutes to spare. Four nuns went before us, when the machine to check bags was put […]
Our white crossover wound down, lower and lower into the dark parking garage, under the courthouse. Cutting time, we were supposed to park below, then get a parking pass so we wouldn’t have to walk much. And the cost of parking would be free. But with each twist, turn of each corner, it got darker and […]
A few months ago I shared about how I found an old journal, accidentally. I opened it and was reminded of all God did in a short, three and a half year season. Who I was before this season was completely different than how I was after. Before, I was shy, fearful and isolated. And then, […]
One by One, like dim stars lighting up the darkest night, figures in Hollywood are professing Christ; in their music, mid-concert preaching, and by getting baptized at the Jordan River, the same place Jesus was baptized, in Israel. I remember Alice Cooper well. Rock band, “Kiss” playing on the small, remote-less t.v. at my great-uncles house. […]
There is a seat, it waits at the table. Tall, carved-wood back. A long, elegant table; spread with sights, smells, delectable dishes for as far as the eye can see. The chair waits. Empty. The others laugh and partake. They are at ease, sharing, at peace…as they frolic around the table. Yet, that one seats waits, […]
The earth lies dim, quiet, still. The ground stiff from the season’s cold air. While all lies dormant, the moon still shines, the stars begin to hide from the light…. A sound rises above the earth. It sings long and loud, unhindered, announcing the glory of the sun. When the world has been asleep. When eyes […]