Hosanna!
In dedication to Lorraine Williams, I reflect on a blog I originally published in 2011. Updated now…
Life Applications
Security
Life is either a daring adventure or nothing. Security does not exist in nature or do the children of men as a whole experience it. Avoiding danger is no safer in the long run than exposure. (Helen Keller) Uncertainty and insecurity are emotional responses to the ebb and flow of life. Contrary to what I want
Diamonds
When my 30th birthday was around the corner, I remember this gnawing sense of dread. There were so many things I had hoped to accomplish by the time I was 30 that I just never finished and I already felt like a failure. It seemed like such an “old” milestone and my youth was gone.
Waiting for Angels
There they were–the masses of broken people. Their diseases and handicaps were varied, but their hope was the same. They gathered here at this place every day by whatever means could get them there, because the word on the street was that some people who came to this place left completely healed. The Pool of
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Oh, To Dance!
I have been almost 37 years on a journey that has taken me places that I have had to struggle and pray myself through. It has been a beautiful journey full of love and laughter, friends and confidantes, playfulness and brokeness. I cry easier than most. I laugh whole-heartedly. I learn to trust and I
Crime and Punishment
Dear Friend, I’ve heard that you have been going through a tremendous trial of physical pain and loneliness. I wanted to say that I am so sorry for the suffering you are going through. I want you to know that I am praying for you and I know that God will make a way for
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Mighty to Save
I used to think that Christmas was the only day of the year where people stop and rest. When the stores are closed and people are forced to settle in to wherever they are. But with the fracturing of families and the distances that separate loved ones, Christmas seems to be a day fraught with
Emmanuel
Empathy: The quality or process of entering fully, through one’s imagination, into another’s feelings or motives, into the meaning of a work of art, or the like. (The New Oxford American Dictionary) Empathy gets me in trouble sometimes. Like the time I visited my friend in the hospital after she had surgery for a ruptured
Serendipity
Raindrops on roses, and whiskers on kittens…. For as much as I stressed and complained about the transition from living in an 1888 square foot, three bedroom house, to a 2002 suburban and 10’x6’ cargo trailer, I have to say that the trade- off has been surprisingly refreshing. I had a sneaking suspicion that I
Morris Family Adventures Part 4
We’ve cuddled mice and chipmunks, hugged dogs and bandicoots, posed with princesses and kissed sponges. This Southern California adventure is coming to a close, but not before it has conditioned me to be suspicious of every day sights and sounds. We ate dinner tonight at the Macaroni Grill. As we sat at the table with
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