When the Day Makes Way for Grace.

Have you ever had one of those days? Like today.  Call from my child’s school.  Saying…..there has been a mistake. Hepatitis B. Not in records.  Deleted from the computers at the clinic. Shots.  Three kids.  Countless foster infants.  All up to date.  But, they insist.  So…we make a road trip.  Twenty miles away.  To our pediatrician.  […]

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What If You Weren’t Privileged?

The lingering fumes of my neighbors garbage.  Burns alongside the road.  Waking me to another morn.  Another day.  Oh hoping.  And praying. And I sit.  Knees strong on the dust before me. First thing.  Like Abuela taught me. Praying to a God I don’t know. Nervously caressing the dangling emblem. Abuela gave me.  Strung around my […]

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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 […]

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Facing Trials: When Life Offers You Weeds

 When life offers you a field of weeds. Take what’s there.  And do like the feathered ones do.   Look for opportunity.   Because sometimes.  In the greenest, most fertilized settings. IS the blessing. …….Even if dandelions appear. So, don’t ignore those unwanted hindrances. Denying them.  Devour their presence. And let them nourish you.  To life.   To […]

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Pregnant. And an Encounter with a Lady I have Never Met. In Africa.

I step out.  Again. The deck from our condo.  Overlooking the ocean. For glass doors do little to hide my fascination to the wide open.  And I am drawn to it…..like a gazelle in the Savannah.  A dry and thirsty one….hoping for more than a mirage in the desert. And nothing more. Separating. Water and sky. […]

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Gluing Together Truth and Love?

What if we took the Bible and cut it in half?  No?  Really!  I know…seems appalling….doesn’t it!? But, yet.  At times. I think we do that. All of us. On occasion. We…. Take what we want Interpret the Bible how we want And piece God’s Word together to fit our own personal brand of salvation   […]

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