Faith…from the classroom to the field
Faith...BELIEVING God for who He is, what He says, and what He does. A new favorite faith song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_YJ4vddbJJo I have been in "school" learning about faith recently, and this class has been a tough graduate level course. Having known [...]
Planted for the Summer…
It's been a refreshing summer of being "planted" in one place--getting time with family and friends and staying put in the Midwest--at least most of the time. I've gotten to be part of weddings, discipleship groups, a birth, a new dog, [...]
Miracles of grief…
One year ago in April, I experienced a death. While not a physical death, which has a permanency that is both devastating and irreversible, yet still a death, as a person I respect and love suddenly disappeared from my life with [...]
His Gifts
Have you ever had one of those gifts that only you knew you really wanted or were looking for, but then all the sudden it showed up, as a gift straight from Jesus? Well, that was my recent experience in [...]
God’s got an army…
Having just spent two weeks in Africa, I came back with significant things on my heart and mind--kingdom things. It has to do with Light and Darkness and an army that God is raising up, and I would love to [...]
Faith, Miracles and Babies
What a joy and privilege it has been this year to be an eye witness to two miracles of our God in the form of babies--my sister and my dear friend Alair. Caleb and Alair Mitchell have been married for [...]
Beauty in Dying
Last weekend I had the honor of attending the funeral of Judy Fisher, the mom of my elementary and high school friends, Wyatt and Eric. Her death was so very unexpected--a tragic car accident days after celebrating their 50th anniversary [...]
Dancing On Ashes
For any of you who have ever sat in a pit of darkness or despair, needing just a taste of faith or hope--a touch of Jesus, I write of my current journey for you... A couple months ago, I had [...]
A Grace Disguised
This book was suggested to me by at least three different people over the last 3 months, and on the third occasion, I decided that the Lord may be trying to give me a gift, so I picked it up! [...]
Sunflowers
As I gazed out my kitchen window in the cool of early morning a couple days ago, I saw something that caught my attention. There were some sunflowers that my neighbor had planted in her perennial bed next door. I [...]