Revelation tells the story of a coming glory and of a man chosen to see it before its day. It’s a book that most people either avoid or try to hard to nail down each tiny detail to their preferred vision. But the point of the book is just that: it’s not our vision. Nor […]
Worth
I’m having trouble beginning this post because this week has been so full. So full. Of relationships, tears, prayers, vulnerable moments. I’ve sat on my couch just watching the rain and thinking about gold. I’ve sat at kitchen tables and talked too much. I’ve sat at a well-worn dinner table and been floored by community. […]
battle lines
ephesians 6.10-18 (the voice) “Finally, brothers and sisters, draw your strength and might from God. Put on the full armor of God to protect yourselves from the devil and his evil schemes. We’re not waging war against enemies of flesh and blood alone. No, this fight is against tyrants, against authorities, against supernatural powers and demon princes that slither in the darkness of […]
blessed
We are all easily offended people. We huff & puff, angry or frustrated at the tiniest of things: the spilt coffee, the unanswered text, the cut-off on the way to work. People fall short of our expectations, and we are disappointed. We doubt if we mean enough to them. We do the same thing with God, imposing […]
small steps & simple knowledge
Two years ago, around this time, I wrote a blog post entitled All I Know. It had a lot of sentences that began with “I don’t know”, and then it had three things that I felt like I did know for sure at the time: that I would go back to India, that His word […]
an unexpected summer.
I just checked off another “to-do” from the stacks of post-it notes in my planner, stuck to this week’s page. I crinkled it up, feeling accomplished. Even with something so very small: uploading the summer’s pictures onto Facebook. Sure, not everyone wants to be updated on my not-so-fast-paced life, replete with recipes and selfies (“us-ies”, really…I […]