Step Away.
“We must be careful with our lives, for Christ’s sake, because it would seem that they are the only lives we are going to have in this puzzling and...
Here & There. Words for This Day.
In the dark night’s stillness Love came down God robed Himself in humanity And the world held its breath awaiting the cry of an infant son. Hands raised...
Ugly Little. (A note to December)
Well, here you are, December. Advent begins. The expectant waiting. The anticipation. The something more. You are a reminder to me that there is true beauty waiting to bloom...
Steaks, Sides, and An Apology.
I call this place Kitchen Therapy – that safe space where good conversation and good food blend together to feed our souls. There’s been a lot of celebrating at...
A Slippery Slope.
Strange hands taking my wrist again Somehow I’m still alone Voices shaking my steps again And I follow I heard it again just this week. Some well-meaning person...
Good and Bloodthirsty.
You have been my friend. That in itself is a tremendous thing. I wove my webs for you because I liked you. After all, what’s a life, anyway? We’re...
The Rock. (a sermon to myself)
I wrote these words a few weeks ago, not realizing at the time that the sermon written for others would become what I needed to hear after a serious...
Good Fall Food for Strangers become Friends.
September is almost gone. The month that celebrates autumn and wedding anniversaries and birthdays has moved like a tender breeze through my fingertips – far, far too quickly. I...
Finley and the Gift of Brave.
Today is my birthday. I’ve had 54 of them now, so you think I’d get bored with them. But there’s always a “brand new” that happens when I think...
You May Have a Point – but You’re Wrong.
I’ve heard it said that short-term mission trips can be damaging, that they are little more than easy ways for people to pacify an itch to be Santa Claus....
I Came Alive by Way of Dying.
“There are those who say that our story doesn’t really come alive until we share it with someone else – until the spark in our eyes lights a fire...
The False Positive.
It’s quiet right now. So very quiet. No music plays. No television shows echo in the background. There is no scrolling Twitter feed in front of me, and no...
