When my son was little, he was a runner. He darted in stores. Down streets. And ran with great fever, wherever he went. To keep Him close…..so he wouldn’t get hurt……we found a long, rainbow Safety Leash that we wrapped around his waist. It had a handle on one end that we would double up around […]
It’s the drive that those who love, never want to take. The one where lives dangle from last breaths…..and winter has no spring coming. The time where no more stories will be told. No more eyes will see…..the beauty of God in Creation. In people. In this world. This God gift all around. And we make […]
New. Beginning again. Starting over. Fresh. Change. Different. Wiped Clean. Have you heard them? Have you been…..the one wanting a new start? Have you stopped and looked back and thought……“This past year was challenging, difficult, hard”? Have you been wanting a white canvas to begin painting on again? I have been there. Wanting past years to […]
I see him. Greeting time. Standing in the back of the church. Against the wall. Coffee. Small talk. People wondering….how long they must chat…..before sitting idol for service again. Tall one. 6 foot plus. Long haired. Giant. Biker-like. Straggly hair. Leather wearing. Intimidating one. Alone. No one introducing. Not fitting in with….the one’s around him mindlessly […]
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. […]
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 […]