Far from a golden chariot, on four wheels, I’m rolled out from the hospital. Husband waits with the door of our car open, my prince charming in every sense. And with groggy words, I turn as I lift myself from those wheels, after asking the lady pushing me, about her life, children, work, and job fulfillment. […]
Beautiful, Messy Ministry, and the Miracle Found in a Big God
O.k. Let’s just get honest. God has been convicting me today about the reality of service. He has been showing me…get this… When we love people, we will get messy. Christianity is more than sitting in church on Sundays. Yet, how many of us want a Christianity we can tuck tidily, at the bottom of our […]
Women; You Were Made For The Battlefield. Rise From Complacency and Fight.
It was inside the laurel bushes, the magic happened. Little boys held what my daddy made, using his skill saw. Wood weapons like swords, riffles, and handguns, used for the battle played by the imaginations of us neighbor kids. It was a day of G.I. Joe, and camouflage. A day where Vietnam had ended, and we […]
Where to Find Break-Through When the Day Grows Dark?
I remember it clearly. Faces planted. The presence of a God captivating souls completely, with peace. Humility hitting the congregation like a wave. True repentance flowing from grace…not bought or sold or earned from even the most religious in that place. A quickening of the spirit, songs rose, and chains were broken, easily. Still… The world […]
What Is Love In A World Full Of Fakes?
She regresses. This child in our home who has become the battleground of her parents. She throws her coat, bites, and hits the ones this two-year-old has chosen to give her full trust to… As if cutting skin, and projecting pain can somehow alleviate the hurt within. He sits in our church meeting. A stranger, riding […]
11 Ways to Protect Our Kids
No one goes into parenting to raise a killer. We hold those tiny feet, let little finger wrap around our index, quietly dreaming in the recesses of our minds of Homecoming princesses, athlete’s, super genius’… But never killers. And are killers really all that different. Born of that same heart of sin before regeneration, same tender […]