We were impressed

We were impressed by the burning bush and the pillar of fire. We thought God was close in the Angel and in the Shekinah. But He wanted to b...

I Love To Hear My Husband Sing

I love to hear my husband sing,   because he sings like he lives:   straightforwardly, honestly,   without pretense, without effort to i...

Like a Bat in the Kingdom of Men

But we see Jesus,    who was made a little lower than the angels      for the suffering of death,  crowned with glory and honor tha...

Yet It All Seems Limitless

"We get to think of life as an inexhaustible well. Yet everything happens only a certain number of times, and a very small number, real...

Making Life Choices. While Holding Hands.

Making life choices can be agonizing. I know. I've had to make too many lately. You're there, looking at the options, and prayi...

love : life :: curious : death

I love life. I am not contemplating suicide. Really. But sometimes I am the smallest bit impatient to face death. 2007, Hayden Lake, I...

"God, have mercy on me": a page from my journal

To some who were confident of their own rightness and looked down on everybody else, Jesus told this parable: "Two people went into a...

The Miracle in Me

(if God can change a wretch like me, then surely He could calm a troubled sea.) (if God from proud to meek can make, then wine from wate...

the fragrance of the Gospel

The feast was going well, just as Simon had planned it. Jesus of Nazareth, the famed Healer and Teacher, was staying in the town of Bethan...

Restaurant Wallpaper, Sidewalk Friend

 To the couple hunched over minestrone and penne, leaning close in the corner booth, the crowd of the restaurant is wallpaper. background. ...

Blessed in Your Emptiness

Maybe you've had a hard week.  Your spirit feels worn out and overspent.  (Blessed are the poor in spirit.) Perhaps behind that ...

My Thirtieth, Intentional Year

This week I turned 29. ...  (I'll pause while you sing me Happy Birthday.)  ... The 366 days that I lived as a 28-year-old were ki...
 

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