by Sandra Heska King | Jul 23, 2013 | for reflection, PRAY
I’m pretty sure my wedding dress is still in there–though I can’t be totally sure since I haven’t opened that box since the cleaners sealed it in 1971. They buried my husband’s grandmother in hers. If I passed on today, there’s not a chance they’d be able...
by Sandra Heska King | Jul 16, 2013 | creativity and art, for reflection, PRAY
The air breathes cool through the open window, wafts past the “clean cotton” Yankee Candle votive that releases just a hint of fragrance. The shrub sways in time with the bell rope, and a hummingbird buzzes at the feeder, hovers in place, sips and savors. A...
by Sandra Heska King | Jul 2, 2013 | bible literacy, creativity and art, for reflection, PRAY, READ
I wake with a headache and a stiff neck. I shiver in the breeze of the open window and pull the sheet up to my chin. I breathe a prayer for those out west who can barely breathe for the heat of the air, for those who can barely breathe for the heat of life, for...
by Sandra Heska King | Jun 25, 2013 | creativity and art, life of worship, PRAY
I’ve started a new book. Well, I haven’t exactly started to actually read it yet. Like starting at page one. I’ve been thumbing through it to decide if I really want to read a book with such a scandalous title as The God Who Smokes written by...
by Sandra Heska King | Jun 18, 2013 | for reflection, PRAY
The hurt’s so heavy, but the waiting room’s so full. There’s not a chair in sight. So many needs. And so you slide down the wall to the floor, and hug your chin to your knees, and the nurse calls another, and someone else takes their seat. It happens...
