At the Transfiguration..
At the Transfiguration It was as if Jesus said, “Now I will remove my humanity and show you my…Reality. This is Who I Am…This is Me. ” How slowly Earth-Time must have dragged by for God in the Flesh. All of His Splendor crammed into a decaying body of His own creation.[...]
After nights and nights of cloud-filled skies
After nights and nights of cloud-filled skies, it’s about time. Tonight the sky is finally clear and filled from horizon to horizon with stars, like a great, universe-filled snow globe. The clouds are all tucked away at last. It’s like the stars are applauding our patience for waiting to see winter’s icy[...]
Alone…
Alone... ...is a word I’m well acquainted with, as are many of you who will someday read this. It’s not the same as lonely. Although loneliness can certainly arise from it. Being alone is also not the same. The arrival of people may fill the gap of being alone. That arrival, welcome[...]
Does this happen to you?
Sometimes when I wake up, my heart that lives in my brain has already been plotting the day ahead without me. Thoughts that don’t belong are filling it like a turned on faucet with a broken handle. They splash and flood, filling my cup so nothing else fits. “Think of me!” they[...]
Know My Heart
You, God, are the One who knows my heart. You live there. You see me as I really am. You built that Place, that Holy Space where my dreams abide. You carefully crafted them and nurtured them and fed them. There are so many questions I need to ask, though. Like, if[...]
Things Are Tough Here
Things are tough here, Father. We go through sicknesses and deaths. We see pain in relationships, pain in decisions, pain when we open our eyes at first light. We know it’s coming. Every moment of the day, someone is crying out the “Why?” and the “Why now, why me, why them?” Even[...]