Have you noticed we don’t have to teach a child wonder? Children own wonder. And so can we. . . Wonder and astonishment belong to the Christmas story. It's too wonderful to outgrow. What would it take to walk out the Advent season with wide-eyed wonder? To understand, to really know, we are an important part of … [Read more...]
Thanks but No Thanks
Giving thanks when it makes no sense makes no sense. Actually, it does. Scripture tells us to give thanks in every circumstance. Even in the rough and raw places that get scarred by too much life. I ask a wounded friend what she’s thankful for. And so she says the usual, “husband, kids, roof over my head.” What if the … [Read more...]
Shifting Seasons
Most of us look forward to the changing of seasons, especially when earth turns technicolor. I do. But then there’s the other side – when clocks turn ahead and speed time and darkness. It's all about the focus. It’s the same with personal seasons – when frailty collides with the way we see it. Once again, as this season … [Read more...]
Waiting Well
Don’t we hate to wait? Especially behind the dear old woman who can’t find her wallet in the grocery line, parked tight in a traffic jam, reading old magazines in the doctor’s office, and hanging on the phone while listening to the elevator version of Hey Jude four times. So annoying. But then I thought of what others … [Read more...]
Wounds and Wonders
It was a Sunday in September in the year 1975 when four words changed the course of life. That was 14,609 days ago and all the in-betweens that came from a moment when just as I am reluctantly went to a church service by way of a child’s hand. And so, since I didn’t want to be there, a wretch like me had a plan of escape, and … [Read more...]
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