I am reading Matthew 14 today to the dim light of morning. There is a sliver of a moon rising with Venus guiding the way, and I am right here with Jesus in the fourth watch of the night. John has died, Jesus is heartbroken, and the crowds won’t leave him alone. Kind of like […]
The Survivor Comes Home
The following is a story from a year ago, an experience that kicked off an intense year of “coming home” in my own heart and mind. ___________________ “He’s a wonderful man,” the woman smilingly assures. Her mind is working, and compassion dawns in her eyes. “He’s a chaplain. My husband and I are very close friends with […]
Wednesdays In The Word: John 1:29-34 (faithfulness matters)
The next day he saw Jesus coming toward him, and said, “Behold the Lamb of God, who takes away the sins of the world! This is he of whom I said, ‘After me comes a man who ranks before me, because he was before me.’ I myself did not know him, but for this purpose I came […]
Living Bravely: the mosaic is wrought through pain
What if Jesus doesn’t want to keep us from pain? What if the Hard Things and Broken Places are where we come to know the Lord? What if he is growing within us a heart full of courage? What if he wants to grow this within our children as well? On April first, just before I […]
People Who Stay, and Writing Brave Words
My sister has taken a risk and written brave words about fostering 6 teenage boys. I’m so proud of her. ______________________________ Are you writing brave words in April? We have a small community here who would love to read them. I would love to read them. Please let us know on the FB page or link […]
Wednesdays In The Word: John 1:29 (there’s Jesus)
LOOK, THERE’S JESUS The next day he saw Jesus coming toward him, and said, “Behold, the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world!” It is a Brave April and my own thoughts of bravery, of courage, in life and in words, are all mingled up with John the Baptist. Thinking of […]
Write Brave Words
Some women on my homeschool forum are taking a 30-day challenge to write every day in April, kind of a “break the lull in writing” kind of thing. I love this stuff. But if October taught me anything, it’s that writing (and publishing) every day for a month becomes impossibly hard. You know, life and all […]
Wednesdays In The Word: John 1:24-28
Why do you do the things that you do? Are you acting on the dreams in your heart? Are you living out the desires God has formed? Are you being obedient to a call? You are? What gives you the right? ________________________ I BAPTIZE WITH WATER (Now they had been sent from the Pharisees.) They […]
The Inhale and Exhale of Life
Today I am thinking about the Assyrian Christians. At the beginning of the Syrian Crisis I listened on NPR to a woman’s testimony of life in the war zone. Her voice comes to my mind today, and I wonder if she is alive, if her children are alive, if she has survived. These words that […]
He Sang of The Ether
Then the lad went in without trembling, for he too was a hero’s son: but when he was within, he stopped in wonder to listen to that magic song. And there he saw the singer lying, upon bear-skins and fragrant boughs; Cheiron, the ancient centaur, the wisest of all the things beneath the sky. Down […]
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