Still, silent, unseen. Across deserts and oasis, we wait for our King. Lights from the city bling us into believing, we are small, not enough, unworthy of His touch. I hear rumors of Him coming. Angels sing, bright stars flicker in the night sky. Our quiet place, the empty space where animals graze… It is here, […]
Silenced. God, Make Us Like Mary
I haven’t spoken in three days. Three days of walking around my world flinging my hands around, trying to get people to understand. Three days of not responding, not belting out every thought or idea. Three days of letting my thoughts settle, listening before I speak, even when it feels unnatural. I open up Luke, Chapter […]
Why The World Needs Good Fathers
She disappeared into the bathroom; a thin, stunning, maybe eighteen-year-old girl. Her boyfriend waited in the lobby. It was the morning a lesion would be removed from my vocal chords. And already, at 7:30 a.m. the room was filled with jittering patients. I watched her boyfriend closely, until finally, his quiet girlfriend stepped from her restroom […]
5 Reasons to Take Your Kids Shopping With You (Even When It’s NOT Easier)
In a world of what’s easiest and convenient, why in the world would you take your small children shopping with you? I mean, after all, there is Amazon Prime. Why not order online or just set your kids in front of Disney Plus, to brave the stores quietly and alone? The sun was barely up this […]
The Present You Have to Have (From Someone Who Hasn’t Shopped This Season)
My new, little trendy black backpack flings over my shoulder as I do a mental check-off; phone, keys, i.d. before heading out the door. It’s a season where presents are central, a wild fury, enticing destiny since before Thanksgiving. Yet, the few gifts I’ve purchased have been from the internet, three books of a series of […]
Hope for Anyone Who Feels Stuck
There was nothing like feeling trapped in the mountains of the Andes, not breathing, needing reprieve, yet finding no oxygen…no help. A moment that stands monumental, as one I will remember, forever. Limbs numb, air dwindling, mind fogged and this life seemingly lost at an elevation my body physically couldn’t maintian. And I can relate to […]