Lets Face it–The Happy Ending is All I Want.
“He killed a man in his younger years.” Don, my painter and dear friend shared, as we drove home from an out of town install. After a long day of being buried in boxes, we arranged the [Read more...]
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What Choices Would You Make if You Only Had Thirty-eight Minutes to Live? Three Steps to Living Thankful
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...]
Am I So Afraid of Losing My Life That I Am Willing to Stop Living It? Seven Verses of Comfort as Our World Spins Violent Again
What is happening to us? Land of the free, home of the brave. A country of great pride and privilege. Yet a land fraught with violence. The shocking statistic, we average a mass shooting (four or [Read more...]
Has God Forgotten Us? 4 Scriptures of Comfort As We Mourn Our Darkening World
“Darkness cannot drive out darkness: only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate: only love can do that.” Martin Luther King Jr. I sit in darkness to write. The Preacher thinks it strange, [Read more...]
Why Hurricane Harvey May Force You to Relook at Your Life: When Need Overshadows Want
Devastation everywhere, like a giant bathtub filled to overflowing with dirty water, rushing down a drain to sodden destruction. The torrential rains were no respecter of persons, flooding [Read more...]
The Secret Sauce to Finding Peace: Bobsledding Terror Turned Triumph
Tamping anxiety down into my hip pocket, I tried not to think about it, How bad could it be? If they let the public sign up it must be safe, though the list of health warnings on the ticketing [Read more...]
Plan Your Escape: How to Survive in the Deserts of Life
I've never been buzzed by a hummingbird before. Or two or five. As if in a dare, they darted fearless, while I wrote at my canyon top perch in the midst of their breakfast. Cocooned by a radiant [Read more...]
How to face the Impossible: Is Your Faith in Self or The Savior? ( Israel #13)
“Why are we stopping in the middle of nowhere for a nothing view?” I sighed after a long day of sightseeing. Devoid of tourists, in a desolate area, our bus stopped lonely on the side of a narrow [Read more...]
When Rumours Fly: Overcoming Fear in Hezekiah’s Tunnel (Israel #10)
I hate three things: The cold, anything creepy, anything scary. But I do so love an adventure. Not one to shrink from challenges, I thrive on new experiences and new places. So when [Read more...]
What to Remember In the Face of the World’s Mass Insanity
What is wrong with us? Where is the goodness And the patient grace And the love of our fellowman? Bullies degrade Racists divide Murderers in the name of vengeance, Slaughterers for a God I [Read more...]