written for a moment in sand the entire reason that He came the whole gospel in one brief moment lost in the sand Who He IS the greatest Commandment to fight the law a single grain of sand to outweigh hard, cold judgement of rocks this greatest Force in the universe sifted through simple sand [...]
It’s a new year. Everyone is doing these turning of time posts. A year in review. Resolutions. Goals. Hopes. Dreams. Prayers… All I can think is… I don’t wanna fail. So I’m not doing any of that. I’m not setting myself up with goals or resolutions that I’m not going to come close to [...]
And now for something just a little bit different… Shawn Smucker, classmate in college, writer friend, and twitter friend, was looking for guest posts for his blog. So, I confessed my darkest secrets… well the ones about growing up in a Christian school. Go check it out, and share the love!
Remove your shoes step closer now find the sanctity here this moment undisturbed Feel sand and pebbles between your toes stripping callouses bare the places you’ve hardened to stop the pain Feel the salt water reaching with cleansing tears of the tide that draws those worries to mingle to drown among others and get lost [...]
I’ve been toying with a phrase for the past couple weeks. Something of a “melancholic relief” has settled on me. I’ve been really struggling with several major pieces of who I am since the year began. Several things in my life have changed and several more are yet to change. I’ve come to some important [...]
I go to, what I would refer to as, a very non-traditional church. We don’t have a lot of standing traditions, but one of my favorites is our end-of-the year prayer cards. We fill out 3×5 cards (usually on the last Sunday of the year) with our prayers and hopes for the coming year. They [...]
“If you judge people, you have no time to love them. ” ~ Mother Theresa Today there are thousands (millions?) of people wearing purple. And there are probably far more people who are upset about it for one reason or another. And that makes me angry. It truly doesn’t matter how you feel about who [...]
“it makes a differencethat i’m feeling this waywith plenty to think aboutand so little to say” This morning I sat with Gramma. That’s about all it was ~ just sitting. We talked a little, but she was tired and lost her train of thought often. Her health is deteriorating rapidly. It could be days, weeks, [...]
You’ve all seen it. It’s everywhere in plaques, stationery, Facebook flair, etc.: that little motto life, love, and laughter with all of it’s variations. My personal favorite: Live like there is no tomorrowSing as if no one can hearLove like you have never been hurtDance as if nobody is watchingLaugh like no one is listening. [...]
Burning for BrendaThe strong are the ones who’ve learnedto let gowho have walked throughthe fire and left some behind as the dress slowly meltedto colorful flame we shared in the awe of howquickly it wentthis one moment of timethis brief whisperof life flaring in violencein a smoking black blaze Amid tearful reliefthis memorial to griefin [...]
