Early yesterday, my office was a Chick Fil A. Not a bad place to work, especially if you can sip a Frosted Lemonade while working… However, as I put this blog to bed, I “officed” out of a nearby…
I began 2020 with the intended purpose of pursuing the Lord in greater measure. Many, many weeks ago, I was struck by the passage that mentioned how Cain had purposely walked away from the presence of God. He moved…
As I sit to begin this morning’s blog, my mind travels back along the past week. Bay and I sat shocked (early last week) following a call from a dear friend’s daughter informing us he had just graduated from…
I am so thankful the Lord began stirring my heart for Him so many years ago. Even as I child I desired Him. It took a long time of wilderness wandering, before I stopped pursuing my own way-of-doing-life, gave…
It’s a quiet morning of day #2 of a New Year. I love everything about this number: 2020. – it rolls off the tongue nicely – has a sweet staccato ring to it…
I’m taking lessons on how to be a better listener. This is my 2019 Christmas gift to Jesus. It’s HARD to be a listener, believe me! I’m wordy. The sound of silence is difficult! Silent-spaces are awkward-spaces in my…
As is my typical morning “habit” (albeit, as cold as it has been that habit has moved more into early afternoon), I go for a brisk walk. Sometimes I’ll listen to a sermon, sometimes I listen to Scripture, or…
When the Lord is about to speak a “change” into my life, He generally prepares my heart in advance. It is kind of Him to do so. He almost always begins the change with a restlessness of spirit. So,…
I guess it’s the prerogative of bloggers to go a different direction when the season dictates such a change, right? It’s been my plan to share a little bit of what I’m learning from the book of Nehemiah, incorporating…
Years ago, we took the youth group from our church in Pagosa Springs to do ministry up in Denver. Come Sunday, we visited a local city-church with our students. That morning, a young woman shared her difficult come-to-Jesus-journey. She’d…