Lent is the time for trimming the soul and scraping the sludge off a life turned slipshod. Lent is about taking stock of time, even religious time. Lent is about exercising the control that enables us to say no to ourselves so that when life turns hard of its own accord, we have the stamina […]
Reflections on @stickyJesus: Chapter 13
Since the gospel is the stickiest story ever told, committing to write a blog is one of the most powerful channels to get that story heard. ~@stickyJesus In the beginning, the future is a pristine expanse that yawns before us. And we step out into it. Sometimes the way is clear, and we journey straight. […]
Window on Writing: What’s in a Word?
What’s in a Word? a seed mined from a thought planted on a page dispersed with a breath a jewel with many facets pregnant with personality filled with power and rich with a million possibilities A Random Act of Poetry for The High Calling where we are asked to write a poem that tells a […]
Textures of Text: Because He Lives
I sat on the choir platform, and my eyes floated in pools as we sang. Because He lives, I can face tomorrow, Because He lives, all fear is gone; Because I know He holds the future, And life is worth the living, Just because He lives! It was our last Sunday in this church. The […]
Monday Meditation: A Fresh Start
Spring will come. I know this. I feel this. I see it in red crescents on black wings. And in waking earth as it stretches from under white quilt. I hear it in melting tears. A new season is on its way. A fresh start. But time suspends itself this morning in frozen filigree that […]
Sunday Seasoned Sayings: Ernie Harwell
I praise the Lord here today. I know that all my talent and all my ability comes from him, and without him I’m nothing, and I thank him for His great blessing. ~Ernie Harwell Everyone sees it. God’s work is the talk of the town. Be glad, good people! Fly to God! Good-hearted people, make […]
Saturday Snaps: Feeding Frenzy
Be alert and of sober mind. Your enemy the devil prowls around like a roaring lion looking for someone to devour. ~1 Peter 5:8 (NIV) Note: Wondering if this fat cat had anything to do with the pile of female cardinal feathers we found under the tree. We don’t know who he belongs to, and […]
Fuel for the Weekend: Caring for Self
He pulls the stethoscope from his ears and thumbs through my chart. “Have I ever told you that you have a heart murmur?” “No,” I answer slowly, almost in the form of a question. “Well, I hear one today. I’m going to have Sherry set you up for an echocardiogram. And it’s time for another […]
Reflections on @stickyJesus: Chapter 12
One could change the world with one hundred and forty characters. ~Jack Dorsey, Twitter originator @redbird Having a bad feather day. Twitter. Where’d that name come from anyway? The creators wanted a name that indicated speed or urgency. They brainstormed names like “twitch” and “jitter,” but then tripped over the word “twitter” and thought it […]
Window on Writing: Sing and Fly
Time lengthens and slows down. To work at a poem is to enter a sacred and timeless space, the field of infinite possibilities. It is a place of silences wherein the chief activities are watching and listening. ~Sandford Lyne in Writing Poetry from the Inside Out: Finding Your Voice through the Craft of Poetry. Sing […]
