My Gettysburg legacy and this turning time
My Gettysburg legacy? A great-great-grandfather who fought there for the Confederacy. And the weightiness of freedom from unhealed wounds.
Battered boundaries in the church
Why did I suddenly, relentlessly, find my boundaries battered? Who knew battered boundaries in the church would set me on a new life quest?
Extraordinary times – and a most extraordinary God
In extraordinary times, when all eyes turned toward the stunning events unfolding, we marveled at the workings of a most extraordinary God.
Blinded no more! I choose light
I’ve been blinded. But I choose light. As I go with Christ where fear, obligation and guilt forbid, I find hope, love joy. I choose life.
Humble your soul, release your spirit
Humble your soul? Release your spirit? God teaches us to act on our spirit's YES even when our soul is crying NO. For then his life can flow.
The blessing of an undivided heart
Once my heart was undivided, God gave me grace to overcome. Each new year, may we walk in the two blessings that characterized Esther’s and Elijah’s lives!
Counting the cost, going with God
Counting the cost, going with God, may not look as we have thought. It may mean saying yes to the Lord Jesus and following him where our church culture forbids.
Enigma: A heart hidden, that appears open
“Your dad is an enigma,” the heart surgeon said. So true. So tragic. Why had a man people “just loved” spent his life in hiding? Why did he refuse to come out?
Newborn: Search for a parent’s love
Mama’s story ended where it should have begun, after so many tries to rewrite the start. And both of us still looking for a parent’s love.
The dream – and awakening 50 years later
For 50 years I didn’t know: My dream at age 3 profoundly explained and influenced the trauma in my life. Then, I began awakening to the key I’d held all along.