When Christmas Brings Pain

There he is.  Clenched palms to chair. Lungs rising slowly……fighting for air. Wriggling in pain.  Last moments….before breath grants no more days. Cancer.  Like a thief in the night.  Taking away bodies ability to fight. The battle’s almost done. Eyes dim.  Struggling one…..recollecting what’s been left undone…….what’s to come. Hoping for answers to the unknown. Fear […]

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On Top of the World. A “hello” and “goodbye”.

I stand in the center of a map of the world.  Call2All Conference in L.A.  And I hear a voice.  Familiar. Deep. Coming from behind.  The piece of me I have so longed to see….. And there you are.  Tan.  Tall.  Shining bright before all. And you look different:  Older.  Wiser.  Brighter…….with the light of Jesus. […]

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Unmentionable Word

Word Unspeakable. Offensive. Disreputable. Disrespectable.  Disregardable to many. And it makes me question….. This word….is it part of our being? And do we often run from.  Reject. Disown things that reflect pieces of ourselves we don’t like? The word? Homeless. And I question…. Does this word offend us….because Home isn’t in us?  And this world…..though beautiful.  […]

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Would Jesus be Shopping?

We drive around for half an hour.  Looking for parking at an open air mall that calls us….because neighbors and friends continually keep asking….. Are you going shopping? The big day.  The big thing.  Buying more than needed. Caught up in the hurricane that roars in desperate silent pleadings…… “What you have is not enough.” And […]

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Is Jesus Who He Said He Was?

I woke up with a thought….. “Jesus professed to be God”.   And how no one….not Mohammed, or Buddha, or Gandhi, or Moses….. Ever said that they were in fact, Christ. And yet, Jesus professed…. He has been with God from the beginning of time. (John 17:5) And He was crucified because His claim didn’t change.  (John […]

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Thankful for Offense…..And Other Relative Issues.

We have been going along fine. One year after hosting a small group.  Something God told my husband to do…..a decade ago. But, I refused. Until, one night….I see an image of people filling our living room…..in a dream.  And I heard a voice from heaven say….. “Many will come in.  And many will go out […]

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