I spit it out, like a broken gumball dispenser. One word. Then another. Then another. It’s the one person, I struggle being discrete with, the one…after all this time…I still want to impress. And why do we clothe ourselves with fancy words and self-righteousness, when we feel most insecure, when we ache to impress those in […]
“Ugh!” It’s all I can say as I drive away. First I said “yes” to going on a missions trip to Dominican Republic, because my husband miraculously woke up with some kind of revelation, “We are supposed to go”…He announces… Not just one morning…but two. (You can find that post HERE) And I have learned by […]
I am not political. In fact, some might say, “I am just a housewife”. But something came over me when I heard of a recent Pastor’s imprisonment. Compassion moved me, so much so, I could almost see the walls, hear the echoing cries from the prison cell he was trapped in. Missional living, simply put, is […]
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.” I don’t even wait for an answer. Anger. Frustration. Boils in me. I try to hold them down. I knew this day would come. “You are sooo beautiful sweetie”. 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 […]