Godly Osmosis: golden melding

Isn’t osmosis amazing? Grapes swell. Roots absorb. Skin rehydrates. You know everything in the textbook that you slept with under your pillow last night…Well, all but the last one. Who thought up water? Something so simple. Two H’s and an O. Specialized bonds that share charges in a way that attracts or repels. It designs […]

Physical, mental, emotional – One Body

We have a stigma against mental illness in this country. Have you noticed? Oh, we like to joke about “emo” people and “he’s not right in the head” people. But those aren’t real issues. We’re kidding. Right? And kidding allows us to keep this issue at arm’s length. I’d like to do that, but I […]

Marked by Beauty

Imagine, to be marked with such beauty and not even know it…

Divine Design makes you wonder

Isn’t it funny that two things, set next to each, can look so similar? One under maximum magnification and the other via maximum minification. The images, out of context and with no indication of scale might be mistaken, one for the other. Neither one can I touch or manipulate. I just sit back and marvel […]

The Final Common Pathway

What if I trusted that any question I have God will answer using insight already placed within me?

Ironing out the wrinkles

I know it’s old fashioned, but I iron. That’s not nearly as old fashioned as the linen napkins I just finished ironing. The Thanksgiving napkins. We’ll probably use them for Christmas, too. They’re special occasion napkins. I realized as I was ironing that I love those linen napkins. They’re each monogrammed with a script “R” […]

Proprioception: Could it be God-GPS?

Proprioceptors: these are small sensory organs nestled among the fibers of tendons in joints. They respond to compression from various angles and report to the brain command center what position a particular body part is in and how fast it is moving. This is key because the brain command center uses this info to predict […]