listen here hello, Lord: it's me, your child. I have a few things on my mind. right now I'm faced with big decisions...
Broken Hearts and Invitations
My long-time friend Trisha has a couple boys, and last week they came out of Sabbath School and said, "So Mommy, if Jesus lives in our ...
Long Legs and Walking with Confidence
Once, when I was nine, I stood in the hallway and admired myself in the mirror. I turned my body left and right, I looked up and down. Annou...
near Lake Superior in July past
The thunder was the test of You, dropping from heaven in heavy bursts. Ravenous lightning licking up the sky was the test...
To choose and live with courage
I've had occasion to reconsider my decision to leave my pastoral position in Oregon and remain in Michigan for PhD studies. Often I'...
So. I have some news.
No. I'm not pregnant. Important things happen that don't involve babies, you know ;) >> I have resigned from my position a...
the test of the commandment
The Sabbath is doing its appointed work in me today. As the sun sank past the corn fields I was restless and exhausted, sleepy but stress...
Isolation versus Intimacy: thoughts on porn and liberation.
"Truth is, p0rn liberated men much the same way The Pill liberated women. Men are no longer obligated to lifetime economic contracts me...
What to Wear When Riding a Stuffed Giraffe: Suit Jacket or No?
Confession time: I'm afraid to become a professional pastor. Not that I'm afraid of full-time ministry. Not that I'm afraid ...
Somewhere Between Two Steps
It was somewhere between the time that his left foot pushed off the lower step and his right foot landed on the next step that sh...
Counting my shirts
A few weeks ago I re-read the Gospels. Obviously there is a lot of richness in those four books on Jesus' life, but what forcefully stru...
Click again?
well, Tumblr is better for a few things. Posting audio files is one of those things. So if you're feeling click-adventurous and intere...
love and power and continents
Emily's post on Waving Flag made me think thoughts. "love is the answer, that's what they say, but look how they treat us, ...
a leaky valve
my heart has had a hole inside and from it drips my fear and that fear falls into my legs and makes them weak. but I worry t...
How much is He worth?
Now the Passover and Feast of Unleavened Bread were two days away. And the chief priests and the scribes were seeking a way...
dreams and visions :: ATL
"Your old will dream dreams, and your young will have visions..." The dreams and visions of table 6. > We have a dream ...
Sex Trafficking and the Super Bowl
UGH. --> this link tells a sad, sad story. Oh, oh, ohhhhhh. Can we please take this super sporting event, this chips-and-chicken-wi...
lies and miracles and much needed courage
I had this little poem all written up and ready to publish, but it was a little sad and today I needed to say something that was exciting an...
God's Will for You: Problem Solved
It seems as though many of my friends and fellow bloggers are like me and spend a lot of time wondering about what God's will for them i...
The Morning
Death asleep was soon disturbed amidst his gloomy dreams by a brilliant, flashing hand afire with golden beams....
Death: A sleep, asleep.
If death be (as it says in ancient, sacred words) a sleep--- Does it perhaps on darkened earth recline its weary head, at ...
Fears, dears.
oh, please, no. One of my most deep-seated fears in life is having children. or, to be honest, even wanting children.
A pomegranate.
The pomegranate was hiding secrets. Smoothed with bright red, a lovely shape-- but what I wanted was on the inside. I cut open t...
Rise, let us be going.
"Rise, let us be going." [matthew26.46] The disciples went to sleep when they should have kept awake, and when they realized w...
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