As I stood in the shower this morning (yes, still with a backwards shower curtain!), I had no less than five small-to-medium-sized interruptions barge into my bathroom to tell or ask me some vitally important bit of information. Kia, age 6, who had been tasked with cleaning crayon drawings off his bedroom wall came in first, third and fifth - all with the same report. "I can't get … [Read more...]
Today I Said Goodbye
February 4, 2012 By 5 Comments
Today I said goodbye.Goodbye to a dream to which the Lord led me.Goodbye to the hopes of being a world changer.Goodbye to stubborn insistence that love is enough.Today I said goodbye.Goodbye to prideful refusal to ask for help.Goodbye to long-term denial that something needed to change.Goodbye to felt pressure to be a poster child for a cause.Today I said goodbye. Tomorrow I … [Read more...]
Wrestling between Responsibility and Recreation
February 1, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Saturday began with the same wrestling match that challenges me every weekend. The I've-been-home-all-week-me lobbied quite convincingly that the day should be filled with going and doing something. It didn't really matter what, but the something was to be out of the house, preferably out of town, and having nothing to do with seminary homework, homeschooling, mom duties or pastoral … [Read more...]
Embraced by Mother God
December 9, 2011 By 2 Comments
With the advent of the holiday season, many of us will be spending a little extra time with family. Depending on your background and situation, this family-time may be a joyous occasion filled with many happy memories, or one choked with dread and despair. Perhaps you find little reason to celebrate and the holidays bring about bitter memories and realizations of broken or unrealized … [Read more...]
Is today Orphan Monday?
November 7, 2011 By 1 Comment
With tears streaming down my face, I listened, worshiped, and prayed with people from 24+ countries around the world in thousands of congregations during the live webcast sponsored by Christian Alliance for Orphans. Weighing heavy on each of our hearts were the known and nameless, near and distant orphans of the world - the 145 million children - facing uncertain futures with no mom, no … [Read more...]
