As a hart longs for flowing streams, so longs my soul for thee, O God. My soul thirsts for God, the living God. When shall I come and behold the face of God? My tears have been my food day and night, while men say to me continually, “Where is your God?” I carry Bible [...]
This week, last year, I was in Rome with Bridge for Peace, an international healing ministry. The team consisted of Ed, Annette, Mark, Nora, my husband Wally, and I. We were there to pray for priests and religious, mainly from third-world countries. Men and women of God far away from home, studying for doctorates or [...]
Joel needs a new church. Not only have we moved him from his childhood home, the neighborhood he’s lived in since the day of his birth, his beloved workshop, his familiar shopping malls, movie theatres and zoo; we’ve moved him from his church. We’ve moved him from all that’s familiar and plunked him down in [...]
Thanksgiving. What a wonderful holiday! No media pressure. No presents to buy. No big deal. The only big deal today is family and friends. Well, the food, too. After all, it is “Turkey Day!” But as we gather around the table today, we will count our blessings. Many of us will say thank you for [...]
I am on a heron search. Ever since that day when a great blue heron rose through mist on the roadside pond, immense wings beating with a slow, steady rhythm, flew parallel to my window for several beats, then ascended with a powerful surge over the car, out of my line of vision. Those few [...]
Reading Henri Nouwen’s book, Here and Now: Living in the Present, I am pierced by his use of the wagon wheel as a metaphor for our life with God. He writes, “These wheels help me to understand the importance of a life lived from the center. When I move along the rim, I can reach [...]
“The most frequent commandment given in scripture is so simple, so plain: ‘do not be afraid.’ And it is so hard to practice, so hard to model, so hard to live.” Thom Shuman, Occasional Sightings of the Gospel I am most likely to shed my well-worn cloak of fear over Joel’s future when I take [...]
It’s Monday morning. After an early morning trip to the chiropractor (my lower back has been killing me), I’m sitting at my desk (almost pain free, thank God!). What to do first? Get out my young adult novel, which I haven’t worked on since May? Start the search for an agent for my completed y.a. [...]
Only in silence the word, Only in dark the light, Only in dying life Ursula LeGuin, A Wizard of Earthsea The thief comes to rob and destroy only to lift the lid on a well of wisdom buried deep within your soul. First you cry, then you listen, let Jesus hold your feet in [...]