We’re not all meant to march
As news of Charlottesville is breaking and spreading across my newsfeed, a friend shares beautiful photos of a family vacation at a national park. Another, comments on the joy of having family all together at the beach. And I think, how can you share beauty and joy when we’re reeling in pain and hurt?! How dare […]
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.
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.
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? […]
Love begets love
I know love when I am in its presence. It smiles at me, holds me in its embrace, takes my hand and wants to show me. It asks me why, tells me when, wonders how. It thanks me and nods its approval. Love leaves me smiling. Love begets love. Ah, but I know its enemy, too. […]
That’s the way I love you
Evil calls to evil; it calls on itself. Good calls to good; it calls out to itself. They reside side by side; Neither will the other abide. The thing I say is not the thing I want to say… The thing I write is not the thing I want to write… The thing I do is not the thing […]
Stuck in the middle
That moment when you’re r e a c h i n g as far, no, farther than you’ve ever reached before. Just a little. bit. more. S T R E T C H I N G further, and further, closer than you’ve ever been before. Your thighs are burning oh, it h u r t […]
Every last little one
The little ones who cling and cooperate who listen to instructions who raise their hands and smile to answer questions… They fill you up and keep you coming back. They’ll do fine. The ones who resist and refuse who defy you to “make them” who turn a cold shoulder or don’t turn at all and […]
Use Your Words
Two kids play in the sandbox until one wants the toy the other has and helps himself. Dispossessed kid shoves the other to reclaim the toy. “Use your words, child!” Happy family out to dinner and the time is getting late. Junior fidgets, whines then tantrums. “Use your words, child!” Children changing classes through crowded halls. One […]
My Creative Process
Here goes: Begin with “You are loved, whether you produce anything today or not.” Your offering is already acceptable. You have brought yourself to this day. Surround yourself with the things you enjoy, people you love and the things you love to do. Begin. If it flows, continue. If not, set it aside and begin again. […]