Dew Shimmering orbs glitter and dance on the grassy ballroom floor, dipping dots. Word Count: 12 All the One Word Less for Lent 2015 posts are bundled here. A first line poem starter inspired by an Every Day Poem in my inbox–“Form and Void” by Barbara Crooker, author of Selected Poems. Want to play […]
One Word Less For Lent 2015 – 15
On Trying on Clothes It is plainly in our living shown By fit of feathers how we have grown. Word Count: 15 All the One Word Less for Lent 2015 posts are bundled here. In the stillness, Sandy A first line poem starter inspired by an Every Day Poem in my […]
One Word Less For Lent 2015 – 23
March My kitchen’s hemmed by the sun. Morning and evening the angles of light reveal every speck, expose every flaw, magnify my shortcomings. March. Word Count: 23 All the One Word Less for Lent 2015 posts are bundled here. It’s the time of year when we Michiganders go from sinking knee-deep […]
One Word Less For Lent 2015 – 25 (Still Saturday)
But too often I find myself fragmented; I am continually asking God for things (in the plural), “All these things I ask of the Lord.” ~Luci Shaw, Water My Soul: Cultivating the Interior Life Word Count: 25 All the One Word Less for Lent 2015 posts are bundled here. In the stillness, Sandy […]
A Pebble in a Pond
I have a confession to make. I’m jealous of the Compassion bloggers who are in the Dominican Republic this week. I’ve been home from there a month now, having gone as one of the first bloggers on a sponsor tour. And I miss it! I miss the country. I miss the children. I miss […]
Still Saturday: When We Are Busy
God wants our attention in the midst of this hurried and busy world. He wants us to frame our lives around him and the moments he has created for us. We are busying ourselves to death. Our minds are lost. Our walk has been disturbed. God wants us to shed our desires, our stuff, […]
Compassion, Shaun Groves, and the Dominican Republic
As I wrote yesterday, I’ve been trying to learn a little about the Dominican Republic before leaving… tomorrow. Yikes. In my searching, I stumbled on these Compassion International videos with Shaun Groves. They’re six years old now, but I’m guessing not much has changed–except the children, one child at a time. You don’t have […]
Still Saturday: Strength
There is a special strength that is born in solitude. Crows travel in flocks, and wolves in packs, but the lion and eagle are usually found alone. Strength is found not in busyness and noise but in quietness. For a lake to reflect the heavens on its surface, it must be calm. ~L.B. Cowman, Streams […]
Compassion International: The Wait is Over
“My friends have all received their sponsors, so my heart feels sad because I don’t yet have a sponsor of my own.” This video moved me to tears. I hope I’m not totally puddled when I get to share the stories of face-to-face meetings. In January, I’ll pack my camera and my laptop when I […]
Still Saturday: Interruptions
The most purposeful people I know rarely overmanage time, and when they do it’s usually because they’re lapsing into drivenness, into a loss of purpose for which they overcompensate with mere busyness. No, the distinguishing mark of the purposeful is not time management. It’s that they notice. They’re fully awake. Jesus, for example. He […]
