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When Reaping a Harvest Looks Unpromising
The brown began with just a few leaves at the bottom of the plants. Each day death advanced up the plant, changing verdant life into lifeless dried leaves. A fungus relentlessly attacked our tomato field and plants were dying at a rapid pace. [bctt tweet="How do you...
Standing on the Outside
Standing on the outside, looking in...the screen joins bold color with life as sharp as glass. I can't bear the pain in the cries of women mourning over bleeding children as smoke from the rockets spreads across cities. Still, the truth of those lives...that...
Your God-Assignment?
I always wanted to change the world. When I was younger and more of an idealist, I considered the Peace Corp. Then, I explored social work and psychology. Maybe I'd make a difference if I could rescue families from difficult circumstances or offer words of...
With You Always
It's been a challenging, up-and-down, I-don't-think-we-can-get-through-this sort of year. As I read through my blog posts, notes, and emails my heart rate increases and a sense of apprehension settles over me. I remind myself--aloud--God has been with you through it...
Week 2: Spiritual Identity Crisis
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8xWGhVSswjs "For now we only see a reflection as in a mirror; then we shall see face to face. Now I know in part; then I shall know fully, even as I am fully known." 1 Cor. 13:12 MSG Don't we all long to be known and loved despite the...
Week 1: Spiritual Identity Crisis
God said to Moses, “I am who I am. Exodus 3:14 It took her by surprise--this identity crisis. One day she knew who she was and the next lacked any sense of a cohesive self. One day she walked purposefully...with direction; next there was only the feeling of wandering...
Stop Striving
The moment I heard the words filter through the radio of our crumb-sprinkled family car, my heart responded with a question? Am I that woman? The message resounded and I've been considering it for more than a week--long enough for me to admit that this is one of my...