I’m not happy with others. A lot of the the time. I’m not happy with their choices, the pain and disappointment they inflict on others and themselves. On me. I’m not happy with the world. A lot of the time. Because children starve and people suffer. Because the economy drowns in corruption and greed, and […]
Archives for October 2010
Be a Sticky Star
Do you want your idea to stick? Then skip the statistics and the data and the graphs. Just the thought makes me squirm and yawn. Don’t tell me that one of every five little boys will do something creative with chocolate syrup. (I made up that statistic.) I might keep the syrup under lock and […]
Stripped
Stripped in season to lay a golden path that leads me home. Strip down, start running–and never quit! Hebrews 12:1c (Message)
It’s a Two-Cup Morning
I have so much to do that I shall spend the first three hours in prayer. ~Martin Luther News on the radio startles me awake. Dennis forgot to shut off the alarm. I don’t want to get up. My elbow hurts, and my back aches. I know that Friday’s supper dishes line the counter–along with […]
Glory ~ In More Than 140 Characters
I looked at my hands to see if I was the same person. There was such a glory over everything. The sun came up like gold through the trees, and I felt like I was in heaven. ~Harriet Tubman
Contemplating in the Yard
Looking is the beginning of seeing. ~Sister Corita Kent (from God in the Yard) I don’t know if L.L. took a camera to the yard. So far I don’t see that she said I couldn’t. I often take a tray to sit on wet grass or table. It holds my camera, binoculars, small Bible, God […]
Blurry
What good is speed if the brain has oozed out of the way? St. Jerome Does that hurt your eyes? I thought so. It hurts mine, too. And my head. Now that the corn is chopped down, I can see I-69 from my “penthouse” window. Perpetual motion. Constant comings. Constant goings. When I’m yard sitting, […]
Stories–For Such a Time as This
Have you ever found yourself tapping your foot and thinking (or begging out loud), “Just get to the point?” Getting straight to the point is apparently not that sticky. And perhaps not the strongest way to inspire action. As it turns out, there’s more power in a story. A good story fires up our neurons […]
Embraced by Grace in Chile
It’s a miracle morning while men are mined amid cheers and tears as they emerge from rock-sealed tomb a half-mile journey from the belly of the earth where battle raged in spirit realm and God stretched out His holy arm as one and more grasped and passed from darkness into light embraced by grace. Gracias. […]
Good Morning, Deer
I planned to write my “sticky” post today, based on chapter 6 of Made to Stick. But I’ve had a long and busy day. It’s now very late, and I’m very tired. So I’ll think about that tomorrow. But I didn’t want to leave you without something. This morning I was moving quickly around the […]
