living out loud…

Something just happens. You can’t explain it because it’s beyond you. It’s like a snap of a button, a switch of a light, a blink of an eye, and suddenly everything makes sense. It’s like seeing your child emerge from the womb; you know that...

bought at a price…

1 Cor 6:20 for you were bought at a price. So glorify God with your body. I was shopping at a drug store last week in desperate need of sinus medication, which (don’t ask me why) was located next to contraceptives. While looking for my particular medicine, I saw a...
a super model doing super things….

a super model doing super things….

I wanted to look like her. I wanted to talk in low tones like her. I wanted to smile like her and laugh like her and catch the light on her face the way she knew how. Bottom line, I wanted to be her. I remember looking at her aqua blue eyes and milky skin and thinking...
speaking in silence…

speaking in silence…

They gathered around the atrium and hoped upon hope that their prayers would be heard and answers given through raindrops. Every drop which dripped onto the floor of the villa spoke of hope. Hope that the divine would speak into the deafening silence of life. Stiff as...
(in)courage…

(in)courage…

Several years ago when my friends and I were in high school, the concept of blogs and internet communities were farcical to me. I would scoff at people who met online, snicker at people who met friends in a cyber chat room, and smile blankly at bloggers wondering if...
come-to-jesus moment…

come-to-jesus moment…

Ok, so I’m not sure I’m using the expression correctly, but a friend of mine says, I had a come-to-Jesus moment with my kids. I guess it’s kinda when you’re all stressed out and about to beat your child to a pulp and the only thing that...

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