:: a guest post by Heather Lee :: Mourning. Wow. That’s a pretty wide topic. The scope is so wide in fact that it’s hard to know where to start. I mourn over industrialism. I mourn over the loss of green spaces. I mourn over our polarity. I mourn over the existence of hate. […]
Earthed In Jesus (survivor songs #9)
If you haven’t read Rachel Kathrine’s post “The Widow,” well, it really is very good. I think perhaps I’m enamored with her peek at Jesus and the Widow because writing Survivor Songs has so far been for me an exercise in sacrifice. I perceive poverty; I feel as though I have so little to give. In a temple filled with rich writers […]
What ‘Blessed’ Really Means (survivor songs #6)
“Blessed are those who mourn for they will be comforted.” Years ago, I studied Biblical Greek. Seeing as I came into the first class still uncertain about the difference between an adverb and an adjective in English, I couldn’t make it very far without a tutor. So I got a tutor. And then I married him. […]
Ugliest Crier In The World (survivor songs #4)
Wow. This is a topic. Harmony is my brave writer friend. I hope this post honors her. I am truly thankful to have her in my life. She inspires me and shows me love in amazing ways. I’m the ugliest crier in the world. I cry awful, like sorrowful geysers of broken glass-filled snot […]
Just With Me (survivor songs, #3)
Just With Me by Ramone Romero About The Artist Ramone Romero believes that God is real, personal, and still speaks today – often through visions, pictures and impressions in our spirits. Ramone’s art can be found at his artist’s portfolio and Facebook feed. His stunning paintings inspired by the First Nations Version Project […]
What Do You Mourn? (survivor songs #2)
What does it mean to mourn? The word mourn in Greek can mean to lament, feel guilt, bewail, and grieve (both the feeling of grief and the act of grief). Throughout Scripture it is connected with weeping, wailing, repenting and loss. To mourn is derived from the Greek word pentheo which Strongs tells me bears the following definition: properly, […]
Jealous For The Children
I am up early with the sunrise. The baby has been pushing her night-time wakeup further and further into the A.M. hours until this morning her cries are heard at the first blush before dawn. It is good. Sometimes the rest I hunger for on this last and sabbath day of the week is not sleep, but […]
Wednesdays In The Word: John 1:29-34 (Jesus comes, bad day and all)
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 […]
When The Mama-Heart Grows Cold
Sickness abounds still. Five children slumber-partied in the living room last night, bodies strewn upon one another in the kind of harmonic intimacy that only comes after dark. Grace screamed for two hours in her crib with her Papa at her side, and I holed up in the bathroom and tried not to hear. These […]
People of the Cross, and ISIS
Indeed, the hour is coming when whoever kills you will think he is offering service to God. – John 16:2 _____________________________________ Also I saw the souls of those who had been beheaded for the testimony of Jesus and for the word of God…they came to life and reigned with Christ for a thousand years. – Revelation 20:4 […]
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