How to Let Them Go: A Parents Hardest Task
As you let them go… The last one is the hardest. Tiny shoes, tiny backpacks, Eyes that shine with excitement or eyes that shy with fear It matters not. The hard is in the parting, [Read more...]
Pursuit of All Things Godly
Lizard Alert: How to Navigate This Dark World
He had a funny look on his face. I knew something was up. As he led me down the hall to our room, he prefaced the bomb with, “Now don’t worry, I’ll get it out…” And then I began to feel the [Read more...]
God’s Purpose: Are We Who He Wants Us To Be?
It was a beauty, Sleek and shiny, Polished to perfection, Not a scratch or a blemish to be seen. Yet in it’s state of perfect preservation, it never got to really be a car. It had become a [Read more...]
How to Get Past Betrayal: Putting the Pieces Back Together
The betrayal runs deep. It cuts to the core and devastates life as we envisioned. A perfect future—gift wrapped and tied up in a neat red bow. We know we are not perfect, so of course our [Read more...]
Treasure Hunt: Where Is Yours Stored?
Lightning flashes illuminate their fear. The winds howl like a frenzied beast as the angry sky releases torrents into the churning deep. One single dreaded word shouted from the [Read more...]
Watch Out…Life is Going to Throw You a Curve
I hadn’t been this way in years. All I remembered was the barren desolation. I’d forgotten the stark beauty. Flat, straight and smooth Lonely and alone. A road that seems to [Read more...]
Forgiveness: Navigating The Rocky Road To Healing
His blood ran Rivers down his face Dripping from his fingers Raining from his feet. The tree he was nailed to soaked the precious blood of our Savior into it’s dry pores. The [Read more...]
When Fear Paralyzes and We Forget Who is in Charge
I could see it in her eyes, large, brown and wide with fear. Chai Latte in hand, blueberry muffin devoured, I was enjoying a relaxing morning on the breezy rooftop in T-Town (Tulsa). The summer [Read more...]
Wading Through Troubled Waters: How To Refresh Your Soul
I learned when I was about 10. My Daddy taught me. We taught those boys when they were even younger. I remember now...the secret is in the stone. The fun in the search and the importance of [Read more...]
Nature’s Love Song: Being Fully Present In a Distracted World
That sound The one that soothes my soul The one that makes me want to sit for hours And cast my eyes upon his beauty. The soft whisper of the brook beside me, washing, flowing, [Read more...]