Early Morning Encounter
She almost missed an encounter with her Friend and Savior because she was up early, worried about all there was to do and all that had not gone the way she had planned. Read more
My Word of the Week: Underground
On Easter Sunday, while the adults lounged lazily after an enormous pitch-in luncheon and the children ran and bounced and laughed off their Easter candy high, my dad led me into the garage to see four little pots where he had started some tomato plants … Read more
My Word of the Week: Show
Steve and the boys thought I’d gone completely mad when I rushed to the fence Friday evening after a band concert and dinner out. “Look, I see them,” I called out, and my three guys were completely flummoxed because I was looking toward the neighbors’ house but no one was home. Read more
My Word of the Week: Darkness
darkness – adjective \ˈdärknes\ : having very little or no light : not light in color : of a color that is closer to black than white : of a color : having more black than white : not light Recently, I was doing a little reading about the science of sleep since all too often […] Read more
Surprised by Spring
I’ve watched the red squirrels and the black lab dance through the narrow flower beds over the past several weeks, convinced that every round paw print, every hole dug with tiny little squirrel feet, was driving my broccoli and lettuce and kale and pea and spinach seeds further away from the possibility of sprouting. The […] Read more
The Last Hopeless Day
If Thursday was the last normal day, then Saturday is the last hopeless day. The disciples watched their teacher executed at the hands of the Romans, the Jewish leaders nodding their approval a clean distance away. His followers had forsaken him in his last hour, and they surely feared for their own lives, as well. […] Read more
My Heart Bleeds for Dandelions
On Holy Saturday, I mowed my lawn. While I was thinking of Jesus, dead in the tomb, I was making laps around my yard behind the mower, tripping over mole tunnels and sloshing through the wet patches left behind by the recent spring showers. But it was the dandelions scattered throughout my quarter acre plot […] Read more
There and Back Again: Jesus Died?
When one of my nephews was just five or six, he and his sisters went to church with my mom. Having not attended Sunday School much in his young life, he was new to the stories of the Bible and the Gospel accounts of Jesus’ life. At one point in the sermon, the preacher announced […] Read more
Some Week
If you had only one week left to live, how would you spend it? This classic ice breaker question usually is intended to elicit dreams of vacations or altruistic aspirations. I’ve used it to hone in on my priorities – if I only had a week left to live, would I spend it doing ______ […] Read more