“Sing some more Mommy.” Seven-year-old hands tug at my coat, barely sitting down, holding a paper that slipped out of my Bible from a funeral of a neighbor we loved. “Oh the Old Rugged Cross, so despised by the world, Has a wondrous attraction to me”, I fill noted full, heart broken for a world rejecting […]
How to Flow Freely in Christ in a World Made of Stone.
I see her face. The miracle I have been waiting to meet. Her chest breathes, up and down, up and down. And I rest in the fact that only God’s hand could have found her when He did. Something happened the last time I went to China. My me-eyes turned outward. They began to see God’s […]
Naked Worship.
Sometimes, when the road is the only solace. Hardships have no answers. Camels threads start to break backs slouched with questions. Wings tempt snipping with doubts and decisions….. ……The best thing to do is praise Him. This day. Coming empty. Each mile taking off layers……of well caked on make-up. Images not mattering anymore….when rain falls…..And the […]
How Captives Are Set Free. And Your Part in it All.
“You are an intercessor.” Ex-pastors wife says. Among bubbles. And sun. And watermelon crying out for harvest. And it is like when you hear your name in a flooded room. And you turn. And question….. “Is that really me they’re calling?” For it has been some time. Since knees lay raw. On carpet floor. Crying out […]
When my 16 yr old was Imprisoned. And How She Got Free.
My sixteen year old was imprisoned yesterday. Stuck behind brick walls. Waiting. For something….anything at all. Her friends remained there with her…..for nearly two hours. Emotions rising. Texting. Twittering. Trying to find a communication source outside the grounds….in hopes to figure out what was going on. Rumor has it…..A potential man with a gun was walking […]
Crushing Religious Boxes
The box. It calls. Beckons…”Come rest in me. My straight walls. Sharp edges.” It hides… A people. Asking them to leave…. The freedom bought in Christ. To hide inside…it’s small, dark corners. Confined. While open skies beckon higher. Calling deeper…drawing closer to The Source. Fear resists the open. Like an infant….feeling…. Safer. With small. Shallow. Confining […]