The darkness of the African morning caressed me with velvety fingers and enveloped my body with warm humid air as I found a perch on the stairs. Then I heard it, a soft shuffle, and steady steps. My [Read more...]
You want me to do what? Move back to Texas?? I argued with God. I whined. I balked. I asked for three fleece. I felt a bit like Gideon, but my request was for one more than Gideon even asked [Read more...]
He looked rumpled like an unmade bed, as if he had fought hard for his peace. But with his charming demeanor, this whimsical bear seemed to be begging me to grasp the secret he knew deep. Carved with [Read more...]
I came around the corner and Bam! There it sat in all it’s bulging glory—a ginormous two story eyeball loitering with nonchalance in the grassy space. Talk about unnerving. The icy blue stare seemed [Read more...]
As Jesus stood on the Mount of Olives and breathed deep the morning air, He knew this final journey into Jerusalem would unroll the last bittersweet pages to His life on this earth. The gentle [Read more...]
But answers are often not so quick. Or at least answered so I can see them. So when it comes down to my own prayer walk, I can stay connected to God's tubes of life-giving air…or not. I really have [Read more...]
2018 Olympic Update: I'm obsessed with the Olympics. While watching the bobsled last night I couldn't believe last summer, I hurtled down a 103 foot vertical drop on the track from the 2002 Winter [Read more...]
The text message screamed, “BALLISTIC MISSILE THREAT INBOUND TO HAWAII. SEEK IMMEDIATE SHELTER. THIS IS NOT A DRILL”. What followed was thirty-eight excruciating minutes of terror. An ordered world [Read more...]
Puzzlement washed over her guest. “What is this room?” The ancient homeowner’s bright eyes twinkled at the question. Her grin only increased the wrinkles covering her face like an unironed shirt. [Read more...]
The pounds snuck up in a cruel game of mid-life Truth or Dare. Those sneaky ones somehow crept into my middle section and dared me to get rid of them. The kind of pounds that pop buttons, and squeeze [Read more...]