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...]
The Constant Battle: Kicking Worry to the Curb
The view is spectacular, thirty-thousand feet above home. The sun creates the illusion of pristine snowfields Abruptly ending in a dark abyss below. As we fly over the darkness, [Read more...]
The Woman In Red: Being Bold In A Hostile World (Rwanda #14)
I don’t know her, We merely exchanged church smiles and head nods But I want to be that woman Or at least the image of what she stands for in my mind. No air-conditioning, doors [Read more...]
In The Demand For Perfection Are we Missing True Beauty? ((Rwanda #13)
From the third floor of the high rise, ringed by sister skyscrapers, all seems modern and prosperous in this emerging African city. The reflections of sky gives a beautiful blue tint to the structures [Read more...]
Beauty that Deceives: Under the Banyon Tree (Rwanda #12)
We all have preconceived ideas. We may even think we would recognize one or at least sense that is something off. This one happens to be beautiful, green, and leafy But is a killer just the [Read more...]