I spoke once, maybe twice that day during an Emmaus Walk. I’d given my best, and what energy remained leaked through the cold metal of the folding chair and pooled on the floor. I sat towards the back of the conference room, and I wanted to be engaged with what the next speaker shared. But […]
Still Saturday: Childlike
Lord, make me childlike. Deliver me from the urge to compete with another for place or prestige or position. I would be simple and artless as a little child. Deliver me from pose and pretense. Forgive me for thinking of myself. Help me to forget myself and find my true peace in beholding Thee. That […]
Counting down to easter 2014: 5 words
Something larger holds us captive Word Count: 5 Today’s Reading: 1 Peter – 2 Peter Don’t forget: On May 1 we start our study of Making Manifest by Dave Harrity. Learn more here. In the stillness, Sandy
how to be happy: declare yourself bankrupt
Our pastor tells a story about how France’s King Louis XIV planned his own farewell extravaganza. He left instructions that at his funeral service, the Notre Dame cathedral would remain dark except for a single candle above his golden coffin, the candle placed to shine on his greatness and inspire his mourners to awe. […]
God on his knees
I spoke once, maybe twice that day. Poured myself out, and what energy remained leaked through the cold metal of the folding chair and pooled on the floor. I sat towards the back of the room, and I wanted to engage with the next speaker, to let her words seep deep. But my head […]
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 […]
A Here-We-Go-Again Life
The fragrance of April Fresh wafts from the jumble of warm towels next to me. I smile as I watch two robins scuffle in the front yard. I pull out a sage green towel, pinch two corners together, fold the length in half two corners to four, fold again and smooth on stacked pile. When […]
Fuel for the Weekend: Pit Stops
Fear-of-God is a school in skilled living–first you learn humility, then you experience glory. ~Proverbs 15:33 (Message) Joseph. Favorite son. Tattletale. Teller of dreams. Full of himself? His brothers had enough. Stripped of his robe. Stripped of his life. Tossed into a cistern. Humbled. What did he think about while he was down there? Sold […]
Reflections on @stickyJesus: Chapter 9
Humility is not thinking less of yourself but thinking of yourself less. ~C.S. Lewis Caution! You are about to enter the land of the “streaming me.” Where everyone–almost–screams for attention. Everywhere you click online, competing messages, philosophies, opinions, and personal agendas dominate . . . You can’t be online for five minutes without bumping into […]
