We’ve all been humiliated at one red-faced moment or another – I’m just guessing. I’ve had more than my share of moments, sometimes brought on by me and sometimes brought on by another. But does it even matter? Living in a glass house lets humiliation shine through. So, I tried to define the difference between humility … [Read more...]
Keepsake Friends
Friendship is born at the moment when one person says to another, “What, you too? I thought I was the only one.” CS Lewis You live with me – stuck in the same world where digital dialogue diminishes the capacity to connect – really connect. So, how can we get unstuck from abbreviated messages in the middle of a micro … [Read more...]
Scribing Life
The value of writing about ordinary moments makes them un-ordinary moments. I can’t remember the last time I had an “ordinary” moment because this has been a two-journal year for me . . . and it’s only May. I’ve kept a journal for nearly four decades – an archive of inner growth and failure, the keeper of family life and … [Read more...]
A Walk in the Dark
One of the great things about my week - Thursday mornings, when I meet with dozens of Jesus lovin' gals for Bible Study. Yes, and have been for the past twenty-eight years. Kay Arthur, co-founder of Precept Inductive Studies, may never know just how the Lord has used her to teach and mentor me through all twenty-eight. At … [Read more...]
Desert to Destination
No matter how early Ash Wednesday comes every year we always have the assurance spring is waiting around the cold corner to unveil the earth with new life. It’s Ash Wednesday – almost. And it brings hope and a 40-day journey that has purpose and destination. Resurrection. Lent, an Old English word meaning spring, begins … [Read more...]