I can barely scan Facebook. The wars of him and her, party lines, people and histories, temperaments and issues…filling so many minds with confusion. And yet, did Jesus live in a similar day? “Render to Caesar what is Caesars”, (Matt 20:21) he answered those petitioning whether to pay taxes to those competing with modern day ideology. Still […]
It all started, here. This miraculous story. My third trip to Chi*a. A country my husband said he would never be entering. A vision. A light. A calling to enter. Every day, we each have choices. Go where He leads us or let fears and hesitations, doubts and intellectualism drown out the calling He’s placed within […]
There it was. We barely even opened up the page of what to do in Seattle, and we see it… A glass studio by the world famous artist. “Chihuly”. I had heard of him, who hasn’t? My husband’s best friend almost went to his school to study, but it was $20,000. Great gifts, unique talents, skilled […]
She’s obsessed with super-heroes. Always has been. Superman, Batman, Wonder-woman, Flash. It’s Saturday morning. The reports of a local, Burlington shooter, echoes in my mind. “He’s still loose.” They say. She wakes, I turn on Twitter, off the briefing. Letting her be a child…as long as grace will keep her. After all, who wants to go […]
Stinging burns through my inner arm. A towel dabs the scraps after our family has been working. The pain rings loud. Bright, shining, red, like becoming scars. And I can’t believe it’s been seven years since we pulled out the ladder, made our way up and chopped off the dangling embers, letting light greet us. […]
It’s been happening lately. I have been scanning Facebook or Instagram early in the morning. While the house sits like an anchor against the wind outside, and I tuck tight my legs, place my neck carefully against the warm blankets that have kept me safe all night… There, I scroll social media. Yet, there were days […]