Once there was a girl who wanted something.She got it.She enjoyed it.Then she enjoyed it some more. But, it began to get difficult to …
melted joy
Once there was a girl who wanted something.She got it.She enjoyed it.Then she enjoyed it some more. But, it began to get difficult to …
the chooser
"It will, I believe, be everywhere found, that as the clergy are, or are not what they ought to be, so are the rest of the nation."-Jane Austen, …
birth pangs
Romans 8:22-25 (the message):"All around us we observe a pregnant creation. The difficult times of pain throughout the world are simply birth pangs. …
blueprints for spring break
We had it all planned out. Thursday Mr. Fantastic would be in Dallas, Boy 1 would play baseball, I would host home group. Friday and Saturday Mr. …
everyday intentions
Love is invincible facing danger and death. Passion laughs at the terrors of hell.The fire of love stops at nothing— it sweeps everything before …
our shadows
I look in their faces as they jump and yell and run,When a shadow of the past passes quietly.All full of today and who they have become,My love for …
half life
Yesterday was my birthday. I turned thirty-six this year. For me this year is unique. I came to Christ eighteen years ago. This is my half-way …
everyday mess
Our yard is full of mature Live Oak trees. Live Oaks don't just drop their leaves in the fall. Their leaves fall twice in the year, during spring …
shaved heads
When I was a teenager, one of my younger cousins, Michael, was diagnosed with leukemia. Like most cancer patients, he lost his hair during treatment. …
lifted hands
The loud beat and melodic sound of worship music was blaring around us. Five hundred college students were singing their hearts out to God like they …
my Lenten prayer
"I'll give up ice cream," one boy declares. "Or maybe my blanket..... No, ice cream. I don't think I could live without my blanket."Today I …