Stained Glass Lives
Thanksgiving Eve in 2015, I sat in church holding a rock. As part of the service that evening, we were each asked to write something […]
A Mile Wide: A book review (of sorts)
Thirty years ago, I gave my life to Jesus. I was just 13 years old. Growing up in a Christian home, I had attended church […]
A Little Bible Math
Time for a little math. I have just completed writing out the book of Mathew. In my paper Bible the book of Matthew covers 32 […]
Writing the Bible: The first book
Day 1: June 16- Mathew Chapter 1. By verse 3 I had already made a huge mistake and had to scribble out an entire line. […]
Inclusion in the Church Age
The entire story of the Bible, for all nations and all people, heads toward an invitation to inclusion, not exclusion. – Sara Gaston Barton Separation […]
A Million Things Spoken and 1 Thing That Wasn't
Sixteen and a half years ago, Jay and I made a decision to become foster parents. Caleb was an infant, and I was pregnant with […]
Reckless Love
Here is the backwards way about life: the more deeply you live and the more deeply you love, the more deeply you hurt. Loving is […]
The Other: Our desire to separate
I am a reader. I don’t mean that each year I can check a large number of books off my laundry list of literary titles, […]
Would You Like to Dance?
Lord, I’m done with the wrestling. I’m done with the striving. I’m done with the always looking towards more. I just want to be with […]
Come Farther Up, Come Farther In
Another year has come and gone. I have made a habit of posting New Year’s Eve blogs that reflect on the previous year and look […]