When I was a freshman in high school I joined the track team and signed up to run the two-mile. I chose that event for one reason: I figured the distance would scare away most of the competition. And I was right. While the lanes teemed with racers jostling for...
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how is your environment impacting you? [a @thehighcalling photoplay]
Rust. That's the focus of the current PhotoPlay at The High Calling. In basic terms, rust happens when iron and oxygen react to each other in the presence of water or air moisture. The crazy thing about it is that iron is relatively unaffected when by pure water or...
light the torches and lower the drawbridge…
“I want to be part of a church that wants to be part of something.” These words came from my 17-year-old daughter, Grace. These words have rattled around in my head since they were spoken. They weren’t said out of anger or spite, but frustration at the circumstances...
when we are called to assist
Red prisms, beautiful prisms really, splashed on white linoleum. Blood sprayed between my fingers, hitting the kitchen window, and I remember the way it fell smooth, leaving only a watery shimmer behind as the red drops slid closer to the window sill. I laughed. I...
10 ways pain can help us tell story better
Pain is 'painful' and mostly not desired but a lot of people are always...
i am afraid
“Please Lord.” I pray as I step on the scale. I expect a little gain today....
dear faraway friend
My purple pen dances across the white, college-ruled page. The smell of the...
transforming your [about] page
Should our lives be static? That seems like a pretty ridiculous question,...
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