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.
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
When Job cried, “It is God who has wronged me!” he showed us: 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
When two malignant narcissists ruled, evil seemed invincible. Yet Esther's story shows us two surprising sources of hope and life.
Dear wounded, grieving one, I pray you float
"I pray you float," she said. Hmm. When the rains came down and the floods came up, who survived that trauma? Those who floated in the ark.
I will fear no evil: Resting in God’s very present help
Even in darkness, David the shepherd-king 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.