My Blog
Hope for the Weary
She wears weariness like fine China improperly handled on a cross-country move. If one looks closely, you might notice it in the flash of her eyes. The way her lips press together in a thin line. The lack of affectionate exchanges. Usually adept at interpreting...
Ink, Paper, and Prayer–Your Sister in Need
I was often overwhelmed, under-socialized, and in need of an uninterrupted bathroom break.
Wrestling with God
Three years ago, I engaged in the battle of my life. It rocked my family to the core…I wasn’t sure I would survive.
Loving Others in a Broken World
I’m an idealist. I believe in the Biblical standard, “Love your neighbor as yourself”. I don’t care if your skin is black, brown, white—or a funky “Sunset Orange” from the tanning booth. Pigment does not make the person; God does—and each one is created to be unique...
But as You Will
All of my self-created, self-proclaimed, self-protective vows could fill a book. You know, the ones whispered under my breath when I’ve been near bursting with anger…fear…judgment…hurt. Those silent promises and I-will-nevers intended to set a...
Destination Jesus
The familiar ping of the phone alerted me to a new message. A hurting friend and I had been sharing our thoughts and discussing the razor-edged struggles of the hard in her life. A loved one had said things….done things. She wanted to know--could the relationship...
Spiritual Clutter
Squat, aluminum spaces enclosed by unwelcoming barbed wire or steel gates are located randomly around the city. Marked by such signs as Storage-R-Us and The Space Place, people like you and I gather “stuff”—undesirable items and maybe-we’ll-use-them-someday-things—and...
