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 – with so much lost in the chaos of trying to rewrite the start. And both of us still looking for a parent’s love.
When waiting is writhing and silence groans
When we find ourselves writhing and groaning in the face of evil and grief, God is in it, giving us grace to “labor” in a way that births deliverance and life.
Sometimes, intimate conversation with God is passionate and fierce.
It is God who has wronged me
Deeply grieving, falsely accused, Job cried in anger. “It is God who has wronged me!” Sometimes, intimate conversations with God are passionate and fierce.
O say, can you see?
I did not dream that, in my lifetime, leaders in the US church would convince so many to embrace such skewed views of God, Christianity and country.
When evil seems invincible: Two surprising sources of hope
Where two malignant narcissists ruled, so did ruthlessness. Where evil seemed invincible, Mordecai and Esther seized on two surprising sources of hope and life.
Dear wounded, grieving one, I pray you float
Was there grief in that ark? Yes! Was there tension? Absolutely. And anger. And fear. So many emotions; such great loss. Yet through it all, they were upheld.
I will fear no evil: Resting in God’s very present help
At times, David found himself in a very dark place. When he sang, “I will fear no evil,” he confessed: “Evil is real – but God’s ever-present help is greater.”
Return to my rest
How could I write about rest, in a season where rest seemed to have permanently fled?
I’ll reap in joy
Mini-post. "They that sow in tears shall reap in joy." A Bible verse, a song and an image that have cheered me in the night.