The pond water runs green and soft. Bull frogs sing refrains that blend with the crickets’ symphony and echo across the flat land. The plow dug furrows this week. Deep, dark, black earth turned skyward. Sod busted and green left to turn brown. Roots tore and dragged, beaten and broken. In the upturned dirt, tiny…
I feel the roughness of his fingers as they intertwine with mine. He’s talking. “At what point, in the church, will we begin to call arrogance sin?” I feel the question to my bones. “It’s easy to pick on topics that aren’t personal to us. There’s plenty that I don’t deal with. It’s easy to…
The wind was chilly but the sun shown warm. I snuggled the boys into jackets and shoes. “We’re going to the woods,” I told them. “We’re going crazy in the woods?” D asks with a grin. He’s teasing me as I tease him everyday after school. “When’s mom picking me up?” he asks as he drops…
“Sing, barren woman, who has never had a baby. Fill the air with song, you who’ve never experienced childbirth! You’re ending up with far more children than all those childbearing women.” God says so! Isaiah 54:1 The Message On Tuesday I was faced with a bit of irony: I was late to my Infertility Support Group…
Learning to walk like Jesus walked is no easy task. I realize this as pages turn to the book of John, the writings of the disciple that Jesus loved. The words glow on the page. …the Word was with God and the Word was God… And what does the Word do? He explains the way…
The snowflakes slide past my window, swirling brightly against the gray of the sky. We are bundling in sweatshirts and jackets and gloves. Covering feet with wool socks and ears with warm hats. The truck carries us across the frozen fields. I marvel that on this mid-February day we are in two-wheel drive behind the…
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