choose life…

choose life…

Somewhere in between conversations about shaving legs and shopping, they grew up. Somewhere between purchasing a pencil pouch and a prom dress, they found themselves. Somewhere between doubt and belief, they found their savior. And I’ve been privileged to be...

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tweet, tweet…

tweet, tweet…

I’m addictive by nature. Why eat one slice of pizza when I can eat the entire thing? Why run one mile when I can run eight? Why go to bed like all other responsible 20somethings when I can stay up and read Twilight all night? These examples are fictitious. I...

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the red sea, creation, and lazarus… [part II]

I was home-schooled by a bohemian, lazaire faire hippy who named her children after flowers. Seriously. When it came to education, she knew no one would care or nurture the spirit of education like she would, foster the agile mind like she could, or take the...

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the red sea, creation, and lazarus…

the red sea, creation, and lazarus…

FYI I’m pretty complicated. Like, I’m really complicated. I’ve told my friends lately that I’m about as much fun as a Rubiks cube; colorful, complex, and completely impossible to figure out.  I hate making decisions. Like really hate making...

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sometimes God answers yes when we pray…

 My mother has always tried teaching me conventional lessons through unconventional ways. I forgave her for the tactile lessons about reproduction by farming rabbits in our backyard and tadpoles in glass mason jars, the math lessons using pinto beans as counters, and...

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movement…

movement…

Dorothy was on the yellow brick road when she met a brave lion with swagger and braggadocio. He purred loudly and said, Put ‘tem up, put ‘tem! He roared and sang with a vibrato in his throat that would make Pavarroti jealous…. that was until Dorothy...

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crying out…

Proverbs 2:3 …if you call out for insight and cry aloud for understanding… I was moved yesterday by a conversation with a friend that caused me such ache and pain. My friend had been falsely accused, draped in lies, and a victim of libel. This morning I...

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lessons from spock…

lessons from spock…

There are certain people you don’t want to see films with. I’m one of them. I will critically analyze the script, dialogue, innuendos, acting, and over-arching theme of the movie. I believe there are life lessons in every movie and I will point them out...

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seated with giants…

seated with giants…

Five churches in the Coachella desert came together for a lovely women’s breakfast this past Saturday. I had the honor of teaching under the shade in a Garden of Eden-ish setting, complete with a running brook behind me and a stage with fragrant flowers beneath...

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se7en deadly sins…

se7en deadly sins…

There is a scene in Disney’s Snow White where the fair skinned, hazel-eyed witch with full red lips looks into a mirror and the face staring back is a gnarled, green-with-envy, wart nosed, hag of a women. I was always intrigued at how the mirror could reveal...

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I’m a writer and teacher in love with two men: Jesus and my husband, Matt. [You might not find this funny, but I laugh at myself, so it all balances out.]

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