Ever just want to leap off of the cliff of fear and doubt; wings spread, eyes lifted to the heavens, going were the wind calls? I knew those words were trouble. Drawn to them, but repelled simultaneously…as they sit on my laptop, hidden under the invite from Amy Sullivan..“Will you join me?” But, this year […]
“But I just don’t think I am beautiful”, Egyptian brown eyes look down at the comforter, wrapping her as winter taunts. “Why?”…”But you are beautiful.” Â I don’t even wait for an answer. Anger. Â Frustration. Â Boils in me. Â I try to hold them down. I knew this day would come. “You are sooo beautiful sweetie”. Â This mothers-heart […]
We are yeast. Let’s just say it. We inflate, grow, and tend to expand just naturally without anyone prompting us. Our nature is to elevate. Rise. Be seen. Increase. Because in this life, we are simply carnal, fallible human beings. Yet, our Lord was born unseen by the world in a manger. He died like a […]
The door creaks shut on the prior year, and I have never had “a word” before…never wanted to, really. Call me rebellious, but I don’t like doing things just for the sake of doing things….especially things that are meant to have meaning. Like words. And God. And spiritual things. And to be honest, God never just “gave […]
We have all heard the saying, “The only thing that’s predictable is that life is unpredictable.” Today I tap these keys starring at rain. A few days ago was sunny. Â A week before, the ground was white with grace. A winter wonderland. Many seasons can happen in the strangest and shortest of spaces. Â Still, if we […]
I wake. Tip-toe down spiral staircase, after squinting to see…5:30 a.m. The world’s asleep. It’s quiet. Still. Serene… Caught between the fog of another world and the reality that business constantly insists, I do. The dark is pierced by Christmas lights. Greeting me. Shining right through confusion. Each light announcing the birth of so much more. […]