I completed my “homework.” I am prepared. Next time I try to haul the weight of shame around in a backpack, here is my anti-shame declaration in the form of a prayer. Jesus, you are the role model I…
Therefore, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, lay aside every weight, and sin which clings so closely, and let us run with endurance the race that is set before us, looking to Jesus, the…
After the shame debacle I wrote about last week, I decided to take a deeper look into the backpack I so often haul around. As I dug, I pulled out a lot of stuff… I thought that maybe by…
The journey of LIFE: this has been my theme over the past several weeks. Not unusual, since I spent slightly over two weeks traveling to Tanzania and back for ministry. There are a lot of similarities between traveling overseas…
I heard the pilot announce, “We have arrived…” I didn’t hear the rest of what he said, but experience tells me it was followed by the name of the town, the current time, the current temperature, and a “Thank…
My mind has been sidetracked by circles, and squares, and triangles for several days. I’ve pondered my relation to all three and have decidedly determined I am a triangle. I’m ok with that. It just helps to know what…
This week I traveled to Tanzania. Traveling is not my friend. The story of my traveling life is delayed flights…seriously. When they are on time I know I am abundantly blessed. Every leg of my journey was a sequence…
This past week, Bay and I took a pause in our week and drove up into the mountains to enjoy fall (I wholeheartedly agree with Anne of Green Gables, “I’m so glad I live in a world where there…
Let’s just jump in, since this is a continuation from last week…the what else in the what next! Here’s my second default: Not only do I tend to coast, I’m also prone to wallowing. That word sounds better than to…
After the hard…that’s what I’ve been reflecting on all week. What about the season that comes following the difficulty, the suffering or trial just experienced? Then what? I’ve thought about my typical reactions, my default in that place called…