“Cease striving and know that I am God.” ~ Psalm 46:10 (NASB) “The word we read as cease is sometimes read be still, let go, return. But the first way, the original way, is a verb that means sink.” ~Emily P. Freeman in A Million Little Ways: Uncover the Art You Were Made to Live […]
how do you make art?
I’m reading Emily Freeman’s book, A Million Little Ways: Uncover the Art You Were Made to Live with The High Calling book club. Emily writes: Maybe you live confidently in the midst of scary situations. Maybe you are brave enough to listen, to wait, to trust. Maybe you see potential in situations and in people that […]
scripture sunday: upon a rock
He brought me up out of the pit of destruction, out of the miry clay, And He set my feet upon a rock making my footsteps firm. ~Psalm 40:2 (NASB) “Follow the Leader” is a set of sculptures found on the Sculpture Trail in Waterfront Park, Ludington, Michigan Still following, Sandy
still saturday: walking poetry
For we are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand so that we would walk in them. ~Ephesians 2:10 (NASB) God calls you his workmanship, his poiemia. What happens when God writes poetry? We do. We happen. We are walking poetry, the kind that moves, the kind who has hands and feet, the kind with […]
five minute friday: and so I write…
You’ll have to read the first part of Seth Godin’s post to get how Goldie Hawn fits into this quote. Unpredictable isn’t precisely the same as random. We can certainly make dumb choices, we can suffer from being unprepared, we can be the victim of bad judgment too. The essential thing to remember, though, is that every […]
a poetry prompt: lace
Laced in Time A faded photograph from the old Morse School (is that the teacher?), scuffed and grayed tiny tied-together shoes, a yellowed tablecloth safety-pinned with a paper scrap– words penned in my mother-in-law’s hand, “belonged to Grandma Sandquist,”– a child’s tea set and a couple pocket watches, a birthday date book presented in […]
scripture sunday: your precious life
So, my dear friends, listen carefully; those who embrace these my ways are most blessed. Mark a life of discipline and live wisely; don’t squander your precious life. ~Proverbs 8:32-33 (MSG) Still listening, Sandy With Deidra
still saturday: being nothing
The dream of my life Is to lie down by a slow river And stare at the light in the trees– To learn something by being nothing A little while but the rich Lens of attention. ~Mary Oliver in Twelve Moons Still learning, Sandy Welcome to Still Saturday where we pause after a busy […]
poetry prompt: hinged on a dream
She danced between dreams rusted and worn, whirling and twirling until the music stopped, and she slipped through the keyhole of door number three where she found another door that hinged on a dream. And the lock was broken. Still dreaming and dancing, Sandy Responding to a Tweetspeak Poetry prompt on dancers and […]
scripture sunday: I AM
Happy Sunday with love, Sandy
