The latest from my blog

I wrestled, for the better part of my life, with wishing I could re-invent myself.  Like God had made some kind of a mistake.  I could give you a long list of all the weaknesses that I had wished were different and the ways that I would have created myself, had it...

How did I always skip over him?  The little boy in the story?  The one who got Andrew's attention long enough to offer up his lunch.  I mean I've noticed him before, but this time he feels almost like the main character.  This was his moment to shine.  Was he the only...

A friend of mine from high school died recently.  Well, I guess he was pretty much everyone's friend.  In high school, if you wanted to be a friend of mine, you pretty much had to love everyone, because I was pretty much the bottom of the barrel as far as friends you...

I am at a point of reflection in my parenting journey.  I guess I'm nearing the end and the exodus has begun, so this makes a little sense. One of those amazing things that I'm observing is how many of the dangerous, vulnerable and difficult things for us, have turned...

I've noticed this peculiar trend in Jesus' life, that the closer He gets to the end of His earthly existence, the more He seems to be weeding out His followers. When He first began His public ministry, He healed everyone.  And became a sensation.  But soon enough...

My favorite chick in the Bible, hands down, is Mary of Bethany.  You might remember her as the one who was sitting at the Lord's feet, while her griping sister was throwing pots and pans around in the kitchen. Or maybe you remember her famous brother even more.  He's...

Writing is how I process.  So here goes.  I don't know where this will lead me, but I'm struggling.  My youngest son turned 14 today.  That's hard.  It's glorious-hard, but it's hard.  It's not hard because of who he is.  That actually makes it a lot easier.  He's...

I really despise having to wrestle my own heart!  You know, those moments when you just feel like crying out "Foul" on whoever just did you wrong.  And then hardening your heart rather than choosing to forgive.  Forgiveness is hard business.  Love is hard business....

  A dear friend sat next to me at church today and told me that she'd be praying for me, because I was about to have the hardest week of my life (I'm sure she wasn't thinking of my wandering years, in high school, my years of hating God and giving Him my choice...

The other day, my hubby and I had a rare conversation with some Jehovah’s Witnesses.  The most unique part of it, is that we started it…. And it wasn’t on our front porch. We were coming home from a very long, 2-day trip, that had gone hours longer than we had wanted...

In Leviticus 25 (you know, the book of the Bible that even Christians tend to avoid reading), there is this pretty strange passage about how the Jews were commanded to give their land (and themselves) rest from pruning and tending every 7 years, and simply trust God...

I've always been a writer. I sort-of think writing saved my life, in high school, when I couldn't bear to live, so I escaped into my own imaginary world of written word, where I could delve into my own adventures, even though I was literally on house arrest. When I...