I wake up with a start. I have been dreaming again. In my dream, a big group of people from my home church were sitting in a circle, eating cinnamon rolls and talking. I shut my eyes again and try to swallow that sick feeling that is so familiar. My mind resists, and brings up …
Category: Inner Life
Miracles and the Gospel
As I screwed on doorknobs at the bed-and-breakfast that Will is remodeling, my mind toyed with a dilemma that has niggled at me for years. When I got home, I pulled out a pen and paper to scribble down two statements I often heard taught that seemed contradictory. I messed with turning them into syllogisms, but gave up …
Arabah
Writing this is going to hurt, but I want to share it with you because it's a big part of my life story. Maybe you've noticed, the title for my blog comes from a verse in Isaiah. The wilderness and the desert will be glad, And the Arabah will rejoice and blossom; Like the crocus …
The Heart of a Woman
The heart of a woman goes forth with the dawn, As a lone bird, soft winging, so restlessly on, Afar o’er life’s turrets and vales does it roam In the wake of those echoes the heart calls home. ... The heart of a woman falls back with the night, And enters some alien cage in …
If You Hear His Voice, Do Not Harden Your Heart
I have been reading and re-reading the book of Hebrews. Rich, astonishing themes play throughout the book. This is what impressed me the most during the last read: Therefore, as the Holy Spirit says, “Today, if you hear his voice, do not harden your hearts as in the rebellion, on the day of testing in …
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Peculiar People
Will paused after reading the missions newsletter, and tossed it to me. "Hey did you read this?" I picked it up, and read the article. It was about "peculiar people," taken from the King James Version of 1 Peter 2:9. But ye are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, an holy nation, a peculiar people; that …
Pain in My Bones
On our way to church on Sunday, Will pulled out his phone to text some of our best friends. What are you doing today? Nothing. Come over for lunch. Or later if you already have lunch plans. We'll come for lunch. Thank you! Several hours later found us at their table, eating taco salad and …
arabah rejoice 