Isaiah (age 8) has taken up baking. He bakes like a happy drunk, tripping around the kitchen, leaving a trail of small disasters in his wake. He dives into each recipe like a boulder dropped into a pond, no caution, all energy. We may or may not have all the...
The Communion with God is simple, so we will not be dazzled; so we can eat and drink His love and still go about our lives; so our souls will burn slowly rather than blaze. . . . the Last Supper did not take place on one night in one room, and to eat God’s...
The Sleeping Disciples by Henry Ossawa Tanner I slept but my heart was awake. Listen! My beloved is knocking. Song of Solomon 5:2 Besides this, you know what time it is, how it is now the moment for you to wake from sleep. For salvation is nearer to...
#SmallWonder friends – I set the linkup to automatically post last weekend since we were out of town, but it didn’t work! I missed connecting with you all. Today I’m re-posting something from October, 2013, back when the twins were just two...
*Photo Source: Unknown Sunday morning our pastor read the names of last week’s shooting victims, law enforcement and civilian, aloud during morning prayers. The brick-walled room was quiet, sunlight streamed in through wide windows and I wondered what my oldest...
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