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Getting found almost always means being lost for a while. – Anne Lamott in Small Victories Too high. Too great. Too marvelous. These are the kind of things my heart was snagged on this morning. My eyes were lifted up toward the future, toward...
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I was afraid . . . and I hid (Genesis 3; Matt. 25) The old habit dies hard, the fear that drives one like a hare, hunted, pursued by God-only-knows what terror, darkened shadow, lurking nightmare. I was afraid, Adam said, because I was naked. Vulnerable, exposed, like...
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Friends, I waited and watched and listened yesterday but by the time I slipped between the sheets last night, I had no words to offer you. Instead, this morning, as I am recovering from a long, intense week, I want to offer you the stillness of Psalm 131....
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Every day we battle, literally and figuratively. “Stop arguing with me,” I say. Then, as he continues in protest, I declare, “I’m not going to argue with you!” Meanwhile, he points his little finger-guns at me and “pchoo-pchoo” in my face. “Put your fingers...
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It’s been a rough week here. On Wednesday my parents stopped by on their way home from wintering in Florida and by Thursday my Mom was in our local hospital having tested positive for both type A and B Influenza. They hope to move her out of the ICU...
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Prince Humperdinck, “First things first, to the death.” Westley, “No, to the pain.” – The Princess Bride O, I believe, fate smiled and destiny laughed as she came to my cradle, know this child will be able, laughed as my body she lifted,...
