This ordinary time is gifted in its quiet, marked passing Christ slips about calling and baptizing sending and affirming pouring his Spirit like water intro broken cisterns, sealing cracks and filtering our senses, that we may savor the foolish simplicity of his grace. ~Enuma Okoro from “Passing Ordinary Time” in At the Still Point Stilled […]
follow me: love one another
A new command I give you: Love one another. As I have loved you, so you must love one another. By this all men will know that you are my disciples, if you love one another. ~John 13:34-35 I had a pastor who cautioned us about the danger of using the “random finger” method of […]
pondering a fall
She’d just climbed up and in when it fell apart and down. The neighbor man made it for my mother-in-love and her sister when they were young. “The last girl to get married,” he said, “gets to keep it.” Mom gave the set to us shortly after our wedding. That bed’s enfolded guests, our […]
scripture sunday: without excuse
since what may be known about God is plain to them, because God has made it plain to them. For since the creation of the world God’s invisible qualities –his eternal power and divine nature– have been clearly seen, being understood from what has been made, so that people are without excuse. ~Romans 1:19-20 (NIV) […]
still saturday: calm and quiet
Be still and know. ~Psalm 46:10 I have calmed and quieted myself. ~Psalm 131:2 In quietness and trust is your strength. ~Isaiah 30:15 Stilled and singing these words from Hillsong, Sandy Please #PrayForDavid as… he preaches tomorrow sees a specialist on Tuesday undergoes surgery on Thursday Welcome to Still Saturday where we pause […]
I will give you rest
It rests between the large jars of cinnamon and parsley, peeks at me from behind the glass restaurant-style sugar dispenser. Sissy gave it to me, this duckie tea infuser. I take it out, hold it in my palm, stroke it. I squeeze my eyes tight and think back to that day in the dollar store […]
when you feel like a flop as a follower
I feel a little bit better this week. A little. At least I don’t feel like a total flop as a follower. Some of the thoughts I’m chewing on… We can’t decide to make Him Lord because He already is. It’s our job to submit to His lordship. It’s not our job to personalize […]
in which cancer brings clarity #PrayForDavid
Last Thursday I wrote about crushing and brokenness and how it’s the crushed who seep the sweetest fragrance and how the broken and the bent bend the brightest light. I wrote about hope in the face of disappointment and life-shattering circumstances. The next day, I learned that David Landrith, pastor of Long Hollow Baptist […]
scripture sunday: righteous
For in the gospel the righteousness of God is revealed–a righteousness that is by faith from first to last, just as it is written, “The righteous will live by faith.” The wrath of God is being revealed against all the godlessness and wickedness of people, who suppress the truth by their wickedness. ~Romans 1:17-18 (NIV) Still […]
still saturday: solitude
“But the inability to understand what creativeness there is in solitude, that it is somehow linked to the ‘madness of silence,’ is to deny the human spirit its vital recharge for facing the rigors of everyday life. “Solitude is choosing to be alone . . . “Solitude is to let the mind and emotions drain […]
