Posts in the Category: general

bigger than the sky

By Posted in - general & humor & random & writing on February 7th, 2017 0 Comments

 

“Bigger than the sky, right, Nay-Nay?” my 4-year-old Nephew asked, smiling up at me as we walked to the park.
I smiled back and replied, “Yes, Jakey. Bigger than the sky.” I laughed to myself, loving …

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grateful again (a repost from a weary soul)

By Posted in - general on November 18th, 2016 4 Comments

As Thanksgiving approaches, I am faced with likely spending 80% of yet another holiday season in the car, packing back on half the weight it has taken me all year to lose, and frantically working …

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to be continued…

By Posted in - general & humor & ministry & random & writing on June 22nd, 2016 4 Comments

I am choosing to believe that you have missed me as much as I have missed you.  It likely isn’t true, but perhaps the best part of being a writer is my ability to create my …

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victory celebration

By Posted in - general on November 1st, 2015 3 Comments

 

me on Baptism Sunday (except really Taylor in a VMA awarded music video)

I am a sucker for baptisms.  They get me every time.  I don’t know why I even bother to wear makeup …

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get up and get busy

By Posted in - general & ministry & talks & trafficking on September 9th, 2015 1 Comments

Sometimes, when I look out on that great big world of ours and I see all the sickness and suffering, I just want to curl up in fetal position and rock in the corner until the …

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the when

By Posted in - general & scripture & talks & writing on July 30th, 2015 1 Comments

Seek the Kingdom of God above all else, and live righteously, and he will give you everything you need. Matthew 6:33

 

As we continue to unpack what it means to be deeply rooted in relationship …

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the what

By Posted in - general & scripture & talks & writing on July 5th, 2015 3 Comments

For by grace you have been saved through faith; and that not of yourselves, it is the gift of God; not as a result of works, so that no one may boast… Ephesians 2:8-9

As we explore …

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roots

By Posted in - general & scripture & talks & writing on May 21st, 2015 3 Comments

And now, just as you accepted Christ Jesus as your Lord, you must continue to follow him. Let your roots grow down into him, and let your lives be built on him. Then …

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there is a season

By Posted in - general & scripture & talks on May 15th, 2015 3 Comments

Remember that late 60’s hit from The Byrds, Turn, Turn, Turn?

“To everything (turn, turn, turn)
There is a season (turn, turn, turn)
And a time to every purpose, under heaven…”

 

We usually think of that song as an …

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good friday

By Posted in - general & poetry & published on April 3rd, 2015 0 Comments

Good Friday

Who am I, that you’d suffer and die
That your innocent blood would let
So that I’d be redeemed and now be free
To be the person I am not yet

The nails that …

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