It was as if the river spoke, that first time as a child my eyes locked on the sun glowing across the surface of that deep green shimmering water. I could hear something I didn’t recognize, in the city I lived in. Here, where trees swayed, the land ached, the earth called… The waters seemed to […]
“You know what I notice Mama? The bigger someones house is, the more wine they drink.” This out-of-the-blew, shocking statement, came from my eleven-year-old, on the way to her home-school, school. I hadn’t planned for some deep theological conversation. But, flying out of country soon, I knew to savor each second with this beautiful girl who […]
“This is the fraud department, wanting to confirm some recent activity on your account.” The exct words you don’t want to hear late at night, after dropping your daughter off at youth group. I ignored the call. Afterall, fraud is something that happens to other people….isn’t it? Not me. But again, a few minutes later…“ This […]
The impossible happened yesterday. Tears were falling, as I sat there with gasping breath, not believing what I was speaking. The earth grew silent. The world and all it’s particles stopped moving. It was this moment, I had been waiting for. For years, God promised it. I longed, only hoped and anticipated… Until finally, not in […]
He’s been wildly flapping his arms, and screeching, all weekend. A bottle of anxiety, caught between the other children reading… And having a normal childhood. He walked his first day bravely, into Kindergarten…. Not a self-contained class, not the place where other kids go who need services a regular class can’t supply. But, the “big boy” […]
Like fire and fury, it waits under the surface. Magma-like, with capablities to take down a thousand idle-forests…. Wild, alive, more powerful… Than even our wildlest imaginations. Yet slow, gentle, unafraid of its capabilities. Unapologentic, flexible, not timid, fully welcoming and embracing its God-given purpose. Knowing, every God-given calling….to influence, change, and rearrange the landscape… Comes […]