A Private Message from God
God PM’ed me! Not, what a cool moment, better get a snapshot Not, adjust the lighting to stage the perfect photo Not, quick, share this so everyone knows Just a You and Me moment there. and then not there. we saw it together we shared it now, we hold it just the two of us. […]
Into the Desert
The sea has parted forming a wall of water on both sides and a commanding voice booms, “You may paaasss.” That’s how I have always pictured the scene as the ancient Israelites marched, en mass, through the red sea on their way out of Egypt. I imagine Moses at the helm, smiling triumphantly, exuberantly and perhaps […]
Only Love Can Do This
God doesn’t ever hope.God is hope.God doesn’t ever learn.God is knowledge.God isn’t ever uncertain.God is certainty. God doesn’t need faith.Doesn’t have to wait.God sees fullyand is fully patient.God doesn’t look for us.God sees us. God is love.Love creates.Love adds without subtracting.Love multiplies without dividing.Only love can do this.
The Third Dimension
Lord, you pull me upward as circumstances pull me outward. Lo, there is a third dimension. Downward. Bent in silence. Focus me there. Where I am Deeply dependent on you.
Now I See
When I move, I see things differently. When I’m still, I see movement differently. When I love, I see both clearly. Be still, my love, and know that I am God.
How Long Does it Take to Grow Up?
Mommy, when you are a hundred, will you be as tall as the clouds? This, my little daughter asks me from her seat on the swing in our backyard. Her sweet up-turned face looks past me to the billowing clouds overhead. To her, growing up means growing taller so she can reach the monkey bars […]
The Assignment of Your Life!
God spoke a word and you were you. God spoke another word and I was me. God doesn’t waste breath. As the rain and the snow come down from heaven, and do not return to it without watering the earth and making it bud and flourish, so that it yields seed for the sower and bread for […]
The Message Our Body Brings to Life
Does it surprise you to look at these two photos, side by side? The one on the left is among the tiniest of miracles, a cell in the brain. The one on the right is perhaps the grandest of miracles, the universe. Their similarity is striking. It’s all a matter of scale… and perspective. One wonders […]
Is God Good All the Time?
“God is good …All the time!And all the time …God is Good!” Ah, the call and response of a faithful people. We like knowing how to respond. But do we believe it? Is God really good all the time? for the parent who’s just lost a child? for the man who’s just received a dire diagnosis? […]
Beauty and the Beast Turns the Tables
Something captures us in this story, these characters, and their theme song. Oh, we’ve read it a thousand times, thanks to Disney. Beautiful princess is rescued by fair prince. No, wait! That’s not this story, these characters, or this theme. This re-telling compels us because it’s an improbable love story; beautiful Belle, kind, caring, determined, […]