Peeling Away The Past
Fingers peeling, dry skin flaking like snow fluttering from the sky in winter. I swam in the pool the first day they were clarifying the water. A bright shade of…
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August 8, 2019
When It Rains
God is always up to something big when it rains. I feel it so often. This past Sunday God came in with strength and captivating love. I keep thinking…
June 11, 2019
The Blessing is Worth the Burden
In the springtime pollen fills my grocery cart with Kleenex. I sneeze every season as I go outside. Still I love the spring. I can’t stay out of the…
April 11, 2019
The Story of Esther: Empowered to Save
The sound of water flowing fills the palace. Trickling fountains. Incense burning. The smell of lavender lingers in the air. Shades of fine silk in purple, red and blue are…
January 17, 2019
That Ride at The Fair…
In Holbrook, Arizona, on the cusp of Route 66 and wide-open desert, the county fair rolled into town every September. And every year, my family would take me and my…
April 19, 2018
God’s Purpose in Disappointment
“Why are you cast down, O my soul, and why are you in turmoil within me? Hope in God; for I shall again praise Him, my salvation and my God.”…
January 14, 2017
The Illusion of No Progress
“Though the fig tree does not bud and there are no grapes on the vines, though the olive crop fails and the fields produce no food, though there are no…
November 26, 2016
Your Achilles Heel is God’s Secret Weapon
I’m finding that God uses the very thing in our lives that makes us feel weak to help us recognize His power to accomplish things and not our own means.…
November 12, 2016
The Peace of Paul: “What has happened… has actually resulted in…”
“And I pray this: that your love will keep on growing in knowledge and every kind of discernment, so that you can determine what really matters and can be pure…
September 17, 2016
Stress and Frustration: The Accompaniments of Greatness
David was deemed “a man after God’s own heart” in 1 Samuel 13:14. Yet reading through the psalms, we get to know David as a man who knew much…
September 17, 2016