Oh friends, this weekend was a reminder that our day is turning clearer, yet our doctrine, more muddied. I wail inward at the deceived, at the reminders that love reigns, but love without truth is poisonous, ugly. Parents, won’t we teach our children the ways they should go, so when they are older, a toxic culture […]
Oh God, that you might be the light, and I just be in your shadow. So much of my life, I have tried climbing my own way out of a pit; fought, clawed, thought just being “good” would bring me any number of desired responses. But God, you showed me, all my righteousness is like filthy […]
Anyone whose ever been slashed with internal scars, knows the defeaning quiet and how it can disform a weary soul. Frozen white smothers the landscape in our back five acres, like His grace that promises to coat, deep within. White-washing, laying a blanket over everything ugly, over everything unappealing; like what most all of us ache […]
I was told the other day, there is a girl who found out she was pregnant. She is planning to abort her child. She isn’t wicked, evil, or bad. Instead, she is an orphan herself, on the inside; forgotten, alone, and sad. This week, New York made it legal to abort children up until their due […]
They dance like ballerinas, around a toy-filled floor, scattered with memories & ideas taking them to a land where fairy princesses live. Chopin and Beethoven play in the background, like a carefully orchestrated backdrop to their wildly imaginative dreams. I see them bow and spin, laugh and giggle, as if the whole world and all there […]
I’ll never forget it, waking up before the sun rose, climbing in my dad’s vehicle, boat on top, headed for lake waters. My timid nature and blonde locks bounced, yet inside I felt brave, being able to bait a line with a wiggly worm, all by myself, thanks to lessons from my older brother. Inside I […]