“We need solitude in a world that wants to visit, quiet from a world that wants idle chit-chat, and steadfastness in a world where everything’s changing and transient. We need time to gather the little pieces of ourselves that scatter.” Word Count: 40 ~Dave Harrity in Making Manifest: On Faith, Creativity, and the Kingdom at […]
40 Words of Lent 2014: Day 29
Please, God, let my parents come and beat her up. We’d had a sword fight with pencils, she and I. And Mrs. Smith rapped my 8-year-old knuckles. But not hers. So I turned around and scribbled on her picture. And . . . continued over at Laura Rath’s in my post titled “On the […]
40 Words of Lent 2014: Day 28
My son helps educate children. He helps heal the sick. He helps run major companies. He helps ease transitions and changes. Yet he’s not a teacher, a doctor, a CEO, or a counselor. He’s an operations manager for a local . . . Continued over at The High Calling where they’re featuring this post as […]
40 Words of Lent 2014: Day 27 (And #LoveIdol winner)
All Lined Up They’re all lined up and dressed to the T’s. Shoulder to shoulder and hip to hip they hang on vinyl pews silent and still until one billowed breath sends them swaying in the spirit and waving praises in hallelujah colors. Word Count: 40 (minus the title) (Pulled from the archives and […]
40 Words of Lent 2014: Day 26 (Scripture Sunday)
When all the people saw him walking and praising God, they recognized him as the same man who used to sit begging at the temple gate called Beautiful, and they were filled with wonder and amazement at what had happened . . . ~Acts 3:9-10 (NIV) Word Count: 40 Christopher Williams at Laity Lodge, The […]
40 Words of Lent 2014: Day 25 (still saturday)
“And so the truth is that as much as we love to be alone, we want to be together. It is the paradox of the poem, playing out in our very life. The poem is most usually written in solitude.” ~ From “Purple Bottle Journal” in Love. Etc.: Poems of Love, Laughter, Longing, & Loss […]
40 Words of Lent 2014: Day 24
I’m making Lillee a grilled cheese sandwich. She’s kicking the table leg. The bread’s sticking to the pan. What’s taking so long? “Good cooking takes time.” She rolls her eyes and sighs. I should’ve just had peanut butter and jelly. Word Count: 40 Today’s Reading: Acts 18-23 In the stillness, Sandy
40 Words of Lent 2014: Day 23
Lingual “Sometimes I wonder about the origin of words. This one, for instance: palpable. Can you feel it? Did someone wake up one morning and find it had appeared on his tongue, an errant (but perfect) leftover from a dream?” Word Count: 40 (including title) ~ L.L. Barkat in “Lingual” from Love, Etc.: Poems of […]
40 Words of Lent 2014: Day 22
Who do you love best, me or Lil? I love you both the same and different. But if you had to choose, who’s your favorite? Well, if I have to choose you’re my favorite oldest, and Lil’s my favorite youngest. Word Count: 40 Today’s Reading: Acts 7-11 In the stillness, Sandy Linking […]
40 Words of Lent 2014: Day 21 (Love Idol Giveaway)
Counting on approval? But if we’re approved by everyone and we’re never unapproved, is that approval empty? Should we worry? Because if everyone approves, maybe we’re not living in the light of the one whose approval is all that counts. Word Count: 40 NOTE: I have a copy of this book to give away. Just […]
