Affliction Outweighed

Affliction Outweighed

We sat in her living room. Through the wall of windows we see white cottony wisps of mist settle over rolling hills. Orange leaves burst through a sea of green.  Summer changes to fall. The end of a season happens right before us as we discuss the end of a season....
When You Need to Take Courage

When You Need to Take Courage

A government shut-down. A family killed in a rock-slide. Children addicted to porn. Christians and churches being attacked. Teen pleads guilty to murdering a 10 year old girl. These are just a handful of the articles that flash across my screen this morning.  Some I...
Encouragement for a Change in Seasons

Encouragement for a Change in Seasons

There is a change of seasons going on here.  A change that has me thinking about other things than writing this week. So I’m going back to my storehouse of posts.  This is my post from exactly one year ago… I watched the kids from the neighborhood play...
Shaking the Gates of Hell Today

Shaking the Gates of Hell Today

Last week there was a battle between my son and myself.  After the heat went down and the boiling turned to simmering, I took my son’s hand and we prayed.  It felt hard to take that hand and pray in the midst of hurting hearts but it happened. I’ve been...
Star-struck by the Most Famous One

Star-struck by the Most Famous One

Ruthie wakes up early and stumbles down to the living room with her light-up ladybug. Her little chubby fingers hold up the favorite bedtime friend to project stars on the ceiling above us. Amethyst light through star holes cast the dreamy image of a night sky above...