I am starting to write for Provoketive, an online magazine, and this article will be published there tomorrow. I’m really not supposed to post the same thing here therefore, I’ll leave an excerpt but direct you there…for your commenting pleasure. I’ve never really felt a need to prove that God exists. Before today that is, when my tawny-headed, freckle-faced son looked up at me […]
gratitude
Though I haven’t read her book One Thousand Gifts, I do read Ann Voskamp’s blog. She so poignantly questions our incapacity to be amazed and grateful. “Why do I spend so much time struggling to see it? Do I need to see the world, visit the exquisite, before I face eternity? Or isn’t it here? […]
I Dare you.
Why not love if you have the option between that and hate? Why does hate come so easily? Why judge? Or condemn? Why is it that Christians so often are known for how they judge others? Jesus said blessed are the peacemakers. But we don’t bring peace. We rejoice in someone’s suffering. Bin Laden is […]
We Are The One Percent
I’ve never really cared to prove that God exists — before today. My son looked at me with his huge blue eyes the color of warm ocean and cried: “If God is real, why doesn’t he stop all the bad stuff? Why Mom? Why?” I felt as if I’d been slapped hard across the face […]
Miscellany that Bewilder Me
Midnight. Last night, my ten year old son said he wanted to stay up until midnight — insisting that he had to do it. — But why? I asked slightly bewildered. “If I do, I will have not cracked my knuckles for a whole day!” he told me in all seriousness. He has a nervous […]
“Litany of Humility” or “from My Desires & My Fears, Jesus Help Me!”
This blew me away when I read it, aloud. You should try it. Litany of Humility O Jesus! meek and humble of heart, Hear me From the desire of being esteemed, Deliver me, Jesus. From the desire of being loved, Deliver me, Jesus. From the desire of being extolled, Deliver me, Jesus. From the desire […]
What Is Most Personal Reveals What is Real: transparency pulls me toward God
The way we experience God every day is in the life, death, and resurrection of Jesus Christ. We can’t help but respond by changing — some call it growing. This is individual. It is personal and it is communal. The Holy Spirit is present, leading us deeper into the wisdom of God through our honesty […]
I Looked Up and The Sky Was Blue: What I Want vs. What I Need
I looked up and the sky was blue. I don’t know why that is so important, except that it is — blue — today. And I would have missed it, if I hadn’t looked up. There are so many days when I don’t. Because it usually looks like this. How often do we miss out […]
re|think everything
(re|think) noun Pronunciation:/ˈriːθɪŋk/ [in singular] a reassessment, especially one that results in changes being made. I am thinking about many things including the future of this blog. I was particularly challenged by a conversation this weekend. My sister questioned why I “live so much in the past?” She was wishing for me that I would […]
