She was not a pew sitting Christian. Much of my life with her would be described as the opposite of clean and proper Christianity. Yet, as I look back now, all these years later, much of how she lived her life was so much more like Jesus than pew sitting, religious people I know. I think of the book of Esther in our Holy Scriptures. The name of God was never physically written but the work of God is written into the very DNA of Esther’s story. And so it is with Linda Sue.
Read MoreI have had several experiences recently where the Spirit of God has spoken in some most unusual ways. A friend recently sent a text message to my husband. She had a dream that gave explicit instructions on how Ben was to anoint and pray for me. It seemed out of no where and the anointing directions were very detailed and seemed… well… weird.
Read MoreThe richness and trouble of scripture still is profound to me. All these years of faith later; all these intellectual studies of theologies and doctrines and theories later; all these seasons of exaltation and despair later.
Read MoreThe buds of the Queen Anne’s Lace are just as lovely as the finished, wide open flower. From beginning to end, they both add color and texture to nature’s life.
Read MorePasto Tress shares a brief message regarding some changes for the next year at GO.
Read MoreThere is a spot on the highway of SR 280 in Ohio, right before you cross over a railroad track. It is a non-descript spot, nothing exciting or noteworthy. Farmland and houses sprinkled here and there.
Read More“What in the holy name of God is happening in this world? The division, hatred, exclusions, borders, politics. WHAT AM I TO DO?”
Read MoreBelow is my journal writing from this morning... the Spirit has led me to share it. Maybe someone else needs to hear these words...
Read MoreI took the last couple of days to enjoy some solitude. No work to be done at my three jobs. No people here and me nowhere BUT here.
Read MoreI have just returned from vacation. A time of joy and beauty and family and friends. As I was spending some reflection time on the plane flight home, this was what I wrote in my journal
Read MoreI’ve sat this morning, reading, facebooking, listening, watching, praying, resting, questioning. All which is a wonderful way to begin the last day of this year. I don’t even know what to say about this year. I believe in many ways it was more difficult than 2014.
Read MoreI’m sitting down to write. Take a deep breath in and exhale… take in an “okay I’m ready” sigh. I believe my soul just gave the same sigh.
Read MoreYesterday was my birthday. I awoke with a great sense of peace; which was quite remarkable seeing that my previous evening was filled with sadness and frustration.
Read MoreIt has been eleven months now. Eleven months since the life I had carefully maintained shattered with just once spoken sentence from another.
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“Your home is so peaceful. Anyone could come here and just feel peace,” said a friend who spent the night at my home recently, as she was curled on my couch with a blankie.
Read MoreNatural revelation is the discovery of certain attributes of God through the study of creation. In contrast to written revelation in which God communicates with us directly (the Bible), natural revelation is inferred from human observations. (www.provethebible.net)
Read MoreEighteen weeks later, grief is a journey I am still on. Yet, peace, contentment, joy, and hope have firmly planted roots in my daily life once again.
Read MoreI hope you hear my journey from death to life in the words. Countless other people are on different yet same journeys of grief and hurt. I pray my journey brings hope to just one other person.
Read MoreI would love to say I have journeyed well and lived these truths with perfection. I have not. I have cried, pleaded, raged, grieved, doubted.
Read MoreI am left feeling hollow and yet consumed with feelings of sorrow. I am questioning myself, my life, and many who surround me. The future is scary and uncertain.
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