I sit in the porch rocker and soak up the silence. It’s a discipline I’m learning is essential to embracing the mysterious wonder of God but it does not come naturally to me, leaving room in my life for encountering the quiet without distraction. At home, the phone...
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the alchemy of hope
http://youtu.be/vUJIgkPoiBg Most of us, at one time or another, feel we have little value to offer to the world around us. Whether this feeling has a pervasive death-grip on our lives or it is merely held in the fleeting moments of our pessimism, we know it is often...
forget littlest pet shop and polly pockets: it’s time for preschoolers to serve
Often I think of my preschooler as a busy, little human frantically spinning from one activity to the next leaving a trail of Littlest Pet Shop toys and Polly Pockets in her wake. However, Kristen Summers sees preschoolers in a much different light. Kristen views...
will you refuse to do nothing?
You must be the change you wish to see in the world. That quote by Ghandi is written on my heart - imprinted on my heart. Like a tattoo. God has gifted me with a huge passion for making a difference in the world. Not just an ordinary difference, but a big difference....
surrender the bone
Before I say a word about this month’s theme of “free,” you should know that...
he smells like mouthwash
Each Sunday he shows up. He stumbles in, unkempt and a little noisy....
free from not measuring up
I flip through pages, thousands of them, all tissue thin with an ink...
is the Church blessing God?
Heat dances from the asphalt, giving solid objects the illusion of swaying...
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