I pour myself another glass of lemonade and look across the table at my friend. She is smart and talented in a Proverbs 31 way, but it doesn't make me feel like I belong on a perch beneath her. She makes me wish I lived in the house next door instead of an hour's drive north on that highway I can …
Unscripted
On the last day of Summer Adventure (our church's version of Vacation Bible School), we kept the kids from running across the picnic tables one last time, sang "Pharaoh-Pharaoh" one last time, stumbled our way through the skits one last time, applied the last band-aid, dispensed the last hug, and …
Sunday
Just as rain and snow descend from the skies and don't go back until they've watered the earth, Doing their work of making things grow and blossom, producing seed for farmers and food for the hungry, So will the words that come out of my mouth not come back empty-handed. ~ Isaiah 55:10 & …
When Your Dream Gets Glitchy
The first time I heard about "the wall" was when I ran on the track team in high school. After school, I would join the team outside on the quarter-mile track that circled the football field. Together, we would warm up with stretches and short sprints, and then a long and easy jog around the track. …
The Embarrassing Truth About What I’m Thinking After The Shootings In Colorado
I'm jogging in the deep end of the pool when I say it out loud to H. "I feel as if I should feel more." I'm worried I've become jaded. I'm afraid so much violence and destruction and abuse and so many natural disasters and so many people turning so many blind eyes have made me immune to the shock of …
Sunday
Love the Lord your God with all your passion and prayer and intelligence. ~Matthew 22:36 (MSG) ~~~ Welcome to Sunday. Join us! Please, use this as a space to let the Word speak, and let’s keep our own words small today. Link up with a photo and just a few, brief words of inspiration. …