For the month of love, here are some first words from a not-for-children-only classic, The Velveteen Rabbit by Margery Williams. This is a longer selection (okay it’s super long), but it’s okay as the book is in the public domain. When she was 19 years old, Williams decided she wanted to make a living at […]
One Word Less For Lent 2017 – Day 2 – It’s Not About the Gift
It’s Not About the Gift They spread a table with handcrafted hospitality. Take one, they say, and when enough is certain, take another. We, proud, hesitate to accept a free gift. But in the end it’s not about the gift it’s about the love. Word Count: 39 Note: I took a whole suitcase of gifts to the Dominican […]
The Ache of Answered Prayer
Or is there still some hidden delight? A larger plan that’s not yet come together? Because true joy is not temporal. And my heart aches with love for the truth of that.
To Serve Up Love
I’m sitting at our white porcelain-topped farm table facing a new stainless steel sink (goodbye rusted white cast iron) with the bronze faucet that reminds me a little of an old well. The 50-year-old cabinets I painted blue when we moved in 25-plus years ago are gone. They’d been disintegrating and dusting themselves all over […]
Of Green Mohair and Breakdowns
Charlene gave it to him. The same Charlene who scrawled across two pages in his high school yearbook. I tease him and call her “If-Our-Love-Is-True-Charlene.” He laughs and crosses his arms and scratches them like he does when he gets embarrassed. But he still wears it in spite of the holes that have unraveled. He’s practical like […]
Some Ramblings On Charleston
I’ve been mostly silent about Charleston, stunned and saddened and totally at a loss to understand the hatred directed toward someone whose skin color just happens to be a different shade. I’ve also been hesitant to speak or write for fear of saying something too stupid, too simple, too superficial. Of speaking without understanding. Of being […]
Breaking The Border of Self
I shook my head and sighed as I folded yet another frayed towel. We’ve had these light mocha (now practically cream) towels for what seems like forever, and to replace them is low on the needs list. But the other day I used a Target gift card to buy just one big, fluffy, white bath […]
God On His Knees
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 […]
One Word Less For Lent 2015 – 21
A Kara Heart I want a Kara heart soil soft and sown with kindness wild like butterfly weed fragrant as a lilac in spring. Word Count: 21 All the One Word Less for Lent 2015 posts are bundled here. Kara’s blog: A Mundane Faithfulness. In the stillness, Sandy Love is kind. ~ 1 Corinthinans 13:4 Note: Kara […]
One Word Less For Lent 2015 – 26
Love One Another There’s a din in the air, a lion’s roar, the sound of Christians eating each other for breakfast. Love one another, he said. Here kitty, kitty. Word Count: 26 All the One Word Less for Lent 2015 posts are bundled here. In the stillness, Sandy For the entire law […]
