When Redemption is Found in Winding Trails. The Journey Of A Warrior Child.

We walk down this path. Again.  You and I. The one you “held back on”.  Almost a year ago.  When your eyes.  Downcast.  Heart.  Hard.  Your smile….. Reluctant. Shadows of pain.  Covering your soul.   Conversation.  Difficult.  Careful.  Cautious. You.  Uncomfortable.  Mentioning. The word, “Mother”.  Ruffled memories.  Making way to unsettling silence. Your fear. That paralyzing fear.  Crippling […]

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Soggy Faith. And a Practical Way to Serve. Unseen.

We snuggle in a booth.  After twenty years.  More in love than ever. Rain slays sheets of regret.  Washing away tomorrow. One of those days. All is just right. The light of of new beginnings.  Shines bright in hearts fully wanting. And I hear them cheer.  Down center. From the bar, a little too near. Tipsy […]

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Ponderings from the Pond: The Dance of Creation.

Sitting. Like a gentle rain on a cold December day. I feel it…. Washing over me. Surfacing from a place, I didn’t know existed … Fear. Worry. Anxiety.  A list of impurities.  This camel back believer.  Unaware.  Unnecessarily carrying. Leaving.  By the washing of His presence. Though…I did nothing.  No more than enter.  His Secret Place. […]

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When Carpets Are Stained With Blue Fingernail Polish and Faith.

When we took her in. It was not for profit. It was the God voice. The voice that whispered…. “Will you follow me?” And sometimes faith is like swimming.  Where toe dipping caution into “believing”.  Just doesn’t cut it. Either you dive in.  Or you are left cold on the shores of “unbelieving”.  Sinking deep in […]

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Broken Together. A Love Story. And a 20 Year Letter of Thanks.

I was cynical of love. I was a cynic of a lot of things. I had closed off my heart. Living a reckless life. And isn’t it when eyes are most blind. When darkness prevails. That the slant of new light….shines most clear.  Finding hope in the night? Yes, I wasn’t looking for love.  I wasn’t looking for […]

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The Power of “Sozo”!

I can’t get it out of my head.  I turn to it.  4:00 in the morning.  Awake in my bed. And after soaking in the church for four decades.  I feel lastly ignorant to the simple steps…it requires to meet Jesus. I mean….I have taught Bible studies. Prayer ministry. Children’s Ministry.  I have done the routine….over […]

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