A Walking Advertisement for Christ
My salvation is an issue between me and my Maker and your salvation is an issue between you and Yours. My job, as one seeking to live a Christian life, is to be a good advertisement for the way to God demonstrated in the life of Christ. For me, that’s an in-body experience. If we […]
I Am not A.I.
A.I., you and I are different. I feel. I feel the rays of the sun warming my face, the chill of the cold deep in my bones, the pressure of your hand holding mine and mine, resting in yours. I feel the jitters when test scores are posted, the wrenching when news isn’t good, the […]
What if we all claimed our anointing?
I want to do more than meet expectations or even exceed expectations. I want to chart a new course. I want to do things no one has done in a way no one has yet conceived. Not just to do them or to say that I have done them, but because… I want to lead […]
Cause to pause
Walking from here to there causes me to pause… and then to consider what else bids me tarry. prayer & meditation sunrise & sunset starry skies & awe children & wonder worship play dis-health & disease caring & loving table meals & table fellowship phone calls letter writing Christmas cards births & deaths weddings & […]
What do Santa and Jesus have in Common?
What do Santa and Jesus have in common? children sitting on his lap asking Christmastime Saintliness the whole world in one night led by a light Holiday Spirit gifts, warmth, kindness, love you gotta believe… or it’s just a story, a myth, long-told. Verses recited with option for annual renewal. Santa and Jesus, they both […]
Lions, Tigers and Bears, No Problem
There is a story about a boy, but not just a boy, a shepherd. He stood watch over his flocks day and night, protecting them from whatever might come to harm them. Lions and bears, he would fight off, with his bare hands, if necessary, for he had no weapons of war. No sword, no […]
I am that child
I just can’t imagine God saying, “Sit down and shut up!” Can you?Or, “Children should be seen and not heard.”Or even, “Sit still and mind your manners.” Yes, we are children, daughters and sons of the Most High. But, “sit up and eat your peas,” just isn’t the conversation I expect to have at the […]
The Space Between Gratitude and Glory
“You can make people feel,” he told me. That’s high praise, coming from a world famous poet and a marvelous compliment coming from a person who is in touch with “all the feels.” But it’s not me “making people feel.” The stories I share and the way I share them is thanks to the people who […]
Humaning Together
I don’t deserve what I have any more than the desperate refugee deserves to flee for his life or the starving child deserves to go hungry. Yet, I know them by heart. As the mother with hungry children gives them what little there is, and her portion, too. As the one without a home seeks […]
Quitting is the best thing he ever did…
Bill, sweet man, I just met him. Honest, open, friendly, kind. Shares a bit about himself and his family. Got three kids, “all medical,” he says. “The oldest used to be a doctor, but he quit.” “Says quitting is the best thing he ever did.” “Says, now he gets along with his wife…” Bill shakes […]