I hide around the corner, by the back door. Safely surrounded by walls, where the laundry lays high, unfolded, thoughtlessly tossed… And it is here in this shelter I can breathe, pray, wait, pour my heart out to God best. I find a once tie-dyed splattered towel and think, “Why haven’t I thrown this away yet?” […]
Welcome! One, two, three, let’s UNITE!
This is it. The first words on a whole new blog. If you haven’t noticed yet, Rich Faith Rising has just moved from blogspot to a dot com. And you are one of the first to stop by as I tweak and twist this site, hopefully eventually it will morph and begin looking like the site […]
When You’re Weary and Meet a Stranger with 11 Cents.
It was only eleven cents. Why did I wrestle? “Don’t you have eleven cents?” She questioned. And of course, I was quick to answer. I always have change, so much change it weighs my hand-sized purse in the same way the coins of others toil pull us southward. I hold out a handful of change to […]
Divorcing The Church? When the American Church Crucifies Each Other. And UNITE
I have a reputation. A reputation for not engaging with anyone who attacks the church. It’s like if you came up to me and started correcting, criticizing, complaining, interrogating, and exploiting every one of my husband’s idiosyncrasies? How do you think I would react? No, my husband isn’t perfect. My guess is, your spouse (if you […]
When It’s Time to “Just Be YOU”. And UNITE Linky
I don’t know how to say this. So, I am just going to blurt it out. Writing is my therapy. The mirror I use that helps me see a soul that seems to get buried in this messy thing called life. And I don’t write for money, or awards, or even publicity. In fact, when I […]
What Robin Williams Taught Us In His Death
I used to wear the suspenders. You know, the ones with horizontal rainbows. (Back when rainbows didn’t have duel meanings.) I used to separate my fingers; pointer and middle, with ring and pinky, and shake them furiously up and down with my cousin Kristy saying, “Na Nu Na Nu”. As children, “Mork from Mindy” was a […]