Category: jesus
Updated on January 13, 2017
When you want to pray for greener grass
I have a lot of friends who are traveling right now. I am hiding behind the closed bathroom door returning some texts when I realize this. “Will you pray?” my screen full of messages asks me. Friends headed off on mission trips, …
Updated on January 5, 2017
New Year. New Word. Come and see.
I have worn glasses since high school and that Human Phys. class where the teacher perplexed me with all of his blurry diagrams on the chalk board. I thought it was just me. Science isn’t really my thing. But, it turns out that being able to …
Updated on December 31, 2016
Why I need a word for this New Year
2016 is down to its last few hours. And some folks are quite happy about this, according to my Facebook newsfeed. The death, destruction and chaos that have dominated the news cycles lately seem to have everyone running headlong into 2017 with the …
Posted on December 24, 2016
On Christmas Eve — the final piece in our Advent series
It’s looking a lot like this around here today. Christmas Eve and I can’t even find my desk. There are still gifts to be wrapped and children whining about not having anything to do (are you kidding me?). …
Updated on December 19, 2016
The Truth about Joy — the Fourth in our Advent Series
The joy candle is broken. You can see it up there in the picture. And I keep forgetting to buy a new one. As if a trip to the store could simply replace the broken joy. I believe it …
Updated on December 13, 2016
Seeking love — the third in our Advent series
It won’t be much longer now. The days are ticking off the calendar at a rapid-fire kind of speed. My boys rejoice as we light the third candle and the store clerk at Walmart sends me into a full on …
Updated on December 6, 2016
Seeking Peace — the second in our Advent series
The second Sunday in Advent blows in cold and rainy here in the South. And it seems that the sun never quite wakes up as we gather in the sanctuary; cold rain beating hard on the roof and near darkness …
Updated on November 29, 2016
Seeking Hope — the first in a series of Advent posts
Advent is defined as this season of ‘expectant waiting and preparation for Jesus’ birth’, for the coming of Christmas. Makes it sound holy, quiet and serene, doesn’t it? But really? Really, we are entering a season of crazy, busy doing. Anybody with …
Posted on November 8, 2016
A prayer on this Election Day
Here’s the prayer that’s been on repeat in my heart about this day. Lord, today is the day. Today is the day that “we the people of this great nation” get to decide who will lead us. Today is the day.
Updated on October 26, 2016
For when you just don’t know what to be
“A zombie with blood dripping out of my eyeballs! Will that work? Can I be that? Or what about the guy with the chainsaw?” this boy goes on and on with his lists of possible costumes as we …
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