Permission to Come Aboard
You don’t just buy a ticket to come in. Reaching out is not enough, Lending a hand is nice, but no, Easy come, easy go. No, you have to ask to come aboard, Ready to step onto the ship and go for a ride. But to do that, they must lower their shields, and disarm their weaponry […]
Caution: Stillness May Be Dangerous
Sometimes I sits and thinks, and sometimes I just sits.* Except I hide my sitting in moving. But trust me, I’m sitting on the inside. Oh, not lounging-on-the-couch-with-a-soda-and-popcorn-in-front-of-a-movie kind of sitting. No, I mean myself, the part of me who knows she is me, is seated and stilled. I must disguise this as moving because, were […]
Without Doubt
I will. What powerful words. A promise, an intention, a commitment. If I say I will do it, I will. I am reluctant to say this to God. ‘I will follow you all the days of my life.’ Because I know I won’t. I will trip and fall. I will stumble or swerve or slam […]
How Could Someone DO Something Like That?
How could someone DO something like that? This is what we ask ourselves when events like the recent crash of the German passenger plane happen. Or bombings at a marathon finish line. Or shootings at numerous schools. Or museums. Or places of worship. We are faulty, we humans. But are we at fault? Can we […]
The One Question God will always answer
“If you could ask God one question, what would it be?” That was the bumper sticker on the car next to me. Oh my God. There are so many things that need answers. Why do you allow suffering? Why, death? Why, child abuse? Why, domestic violence and kidnapping and racial strife and executions? Why, pain […]
It’s not what you do, it’s…
“It’s not what you do; it’s who you become. That’s what you take into eternity. You are an unceasing spiritual being with an eternal destiny in God’s great universe.” ~ Dallas Willard, as quoted by John Ortberg in Soul Keeping: Caring for the Most Important Part of You This is problematic for the run-of-the-mill human being […]
A Reflection so perfect, it fools us
Is it an optical illusion? I look at the branch as it curls upward, or does it curl downward? Wait, that is its reflection. The bent and twisted branch arches and bends, its sprouts excursioning just a bit and one just like it follows suit, its mirror image. Still water does this. It makes a […]
Be Their Healing
My mother was dearly beloved by her maternal grandfather, John K. Leigh, or so my grandmother told me. Doted over, actually, and perhaps a bit spoiled. Apparently, he gave her whatever she asked. “There was one thing she wouldn’t ask for,” Mamma told me. “She really wanted a horse, but she knew he couldn’t give […]
My Secret Identity is the Source of Your Power
Mild-mannered Clark Kent Newsboy Peter Parker Recluse Tony Stark Millionaire Bruce Wayne Scrawny recruit Steve Rogers Scientist David Banner Gentle Ben Grimm We know them all, but we wouldn’t know any if it weren’t for their alter-ego. The Superhero they turn into when they put on the suit and strap on the mask (or take […]
Signs and Wonders Still
In the old days, God made himself known through signs and wonders. Jesus worked miracles. Prophets dreamed dreams and had visions. But what about today? Well, if we can keep this just among ourselves, I’ll tell you…God gets my attention through little stuff no one else would notice. Like 11:11. It’s the date of my […]