I love to hear the prayers of a child. I’ve learned three things about prayer while sitting at the bedside of my children and grandchildren throughout the years. Humility – Honesty – Simplicity. Children seem to hold the wonder and assurance that we can have access to the God of heaven purely by bowing and getting real … [Read more...]
I Remember Mama Day
I often wonder if my mother could be the same parent today as she was in the 50s. Voices of culture have made radical changes in family life over the decades – but I believe she’d still be the same mom with the same steadfast principles. Mind your manners, be honest, and work hard. Back in the day, the fiction extreme of … [Read more...]
But Friday . . .
It’s Friday and we want Sunday . . . The simpler side of Easter is pastel, not darkness ~ it’s a braided path that leads to Calvary. There’s a smoother path that rushes to the resurrection but will miss the reflection on the one stained with blood tracks. Suffering and victory - we can't have one without the other. The … [Read more...]
Spring for the Soul
Looking out my March-window shows mixed signs of spring resting on a snow shovel. But Ash Wednesday is Wednesday and there’s something about the day that makes me look forward to everything un-winter. In my soul . . . The beginning of the Lenten season seems to shake winter right out of the heart to create space for the … [Read more...]
Undying Love
The tangled love story of Hosea and Gomer portrays God’s passionate love for His people. It begins with Hosea receiving the unusual instruction from God to take a wife – a harlot. Sounds absurd I know, but it has a beautiful purpose. So the prophet and the prostitute enter into holy matrimony and he gives the fallen lady … [Read more...]
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