Eight Easy Prayers {That just might change everything}
It’s a wonderful thing to devote time to prayer, you know, the kind of prayer that drops me to my knees in a face-to-the-floor session that changes me. But today I’m going to try to pray these eight...
View ArticleHow Recycling Got Me to Africa
It all started with recycling. And it led to a trip to Africa. Yes, as in paper/glass/plastics curbside recycling. And yes, as in Africa, the continent. One day my husband announced, “Honey, we can’t...
View ArticleWhen Walls Fall {Thoughts on Change}
The rubble is everywhere. The dust of it clings to my shoes and hangs in the air and sticks in my throat. I sip brown coffee, the way I like it rich with cream, and survey the destruction. I’m...
View ArticleWhat Clips Your Wings? {or, yelling at God}
What clips your wings? My youngest boy brought home an application to be a class representative in student body government, his first foray into leadership, politics, into submitting himself to the...
View ArticleThe Advent Fulfilled: My Prayer This Christmas
by tamakisono, via flickr.com “It’s a scary thing to pray for someone to recognize her own need for Jesus,” she confided, “Because you don’t really know what God might allow to bring that about.” I...
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