Jesus stopped and called them. “What do you want me to do for you?” he asked. “Lord,” they answered, “we want our sight.” Jesus had compassion on them and touched their eyes. Immediately they received their sight and followed him. ~Matthew 20:32-34 Word Count: 40 Today’s Reading: Celebrating the wonder of rest and reflecting on […]
40 Words of Lent 2014: Day 4 (Still Saturday)
“There’s a lot of glitter in the world. And there are a thousand ways to count shiny things: followers, Facebook friends, Twitter @mentions, and invitations. But there’s only One Way that ever really mattered. “Lord, help me follow that Way.” ~Jennifer Dukes Lee, Love Idol: Letting Go of Your Need for Approval–and Seeing Yourself Through […]
40 Words of Lent 2014: Day 3
It hooted just southeast of my pillow, and I remembered how Abby kept her window shut after she found the feather fearful an owl would whisk her off in talons of torment or perhaps peck her to pieces. Anything’s possible. Word Count: 40 Today’s Reading: Matthew 13-18 In the Stillness, Sandy
40 words of lent 2014: day 2
A half dozen ashes blink this morning, forlorn remnants of flames forgotten and idled by the laying of much wood, dead like lukewarm love iced cold and cremated by idols. I lay kindling on the altar and strike a match. Word Count: 40 Today’s Reading: Matthew 1:8-12 In the stillness, Sandy
40 words of lent 2014: day 1
Today’s walk revealed an angel of Grace and the reminder that to journey with the wind at your back is easier than to turn and fight it. I wondered if God’s eye was on the sparrow but not the cardinal. Word Count: 40 Today’s Reading: Matthew 1-7 In the stillness, Sandy
40 words of lent 2014: Day 0
Today is “Fat Tuesday,” and I ate a pazcki. Prune. They’re my favorite. They’re the traditional ones, and they’re not as sweet as the others. (I wish we had a Rudy’s in Michigan.) Still, it added up to about four bazillion calories. It’s a filling for the spilling for the filling. I plan to start […]
you’re not the god of me
My daughter was expelled from Mother’s Morning Out. When she was two. “I cannot believe that Sandy King’s daughter bites.” Talk about a slap in my perfect parent facade. I was an older mom (at 38) and supposedly wiser. But I was raising a biter. It all started at a Gymboree open house. Abby and […]
scripture sunday: the word
In the stillness, Sandy
still saturday: crowded with god
“We may ignore, but we may nowhere evade, the presence of God. The world is crowded with God. God walks everywhere incognito. And the incognito is not always hard to penetrate. The real labor is to remember, to attend. In fact, to come awake. Still more, to remain awake.” ~C.S. Lewis in Letters to Malcolm […]
scripture sunday: hands full
“Meanwhile, we’ve got our hands full continually thanking God for you, our good friends—so loved by God!” ~2 Thessalonians 2:14a (MSG) Thanking God for you, my good friends. In the stillness, Sandy
