“It’s like God is scooting me back, to the outskirts…the shadows of where He is.” My voice quakes. Riding passenger with my husband. Hesitant, cautious, questioning my theology. Remembering a Bible teacher insisting, “God has no shadow”. Quoting James 1:17… “Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of […]
It was our first SUV ever. Shiny black, two bucket seats in the back, fitting seven. I loved that rugged four-wheeler. It carried a car full of girls to birthdays, me and my kids hiking up mountains, and to the dessert, camping at The Gorge each year for Creationfest. There was that time close to winter […]
Every Christmas, I passed the red flag with the vertical blue and white cross. I’d find my mom in the kitchen, spending hours on her iron press, making Krum Kaka, for neighbors, relatives, friends. I never learned how to make Krum Kaka, alongside her. Though I saw the Norwegian prayer next to the sink each morning, […]
The first time I noticed her was when she lifted her hand, in my husband and I’s CPR class. She was asking a question, with her thick hair, and back sitting straight up, listening. It wasn’t some, “I am trying to be smart” question. Or some, “I am just trying to get attention because I have […]
I ask Him what love is this morning. And I hear His whisper… Love is letting His Spirit work freely, looking into people and seeing them completely. Love is giving Him the reigns in each situation and speaking His words of grace, truth, and mercy. Love forgives freely, declares purposes boldly, showers His Spirit over each […]
It’s 4:00 a.m. My spirit rises from sleep. The faces of those I have sought to love surface in front of me. And I wonder why I do it. Wouldn’t it be easier to live safe, hunkered down with my husband, three kids, in our big house, large property, looking forward to retirement in just a […]