Posted in FAITH on May 30, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
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My words feel few and far between these days. But tonight? Lights down and heart quiet…I NEEDED this. Maybe you do too?
What, when the world fades and you find yourself quiet, does your heart seek? I want to answer quick “HIS GLORY” but I am not sure that is truth. And when that truth becomes less than central, minds and hearts play tricks. So tonight, just this…
Posted in FAITH on May 17, 2012 | 11 Comments »
Weeds will find their way to develop roots in the least likely of places. They tend to pop up exactly where you think the ground cover is best, or between bits of cement that nearly seal. They find a way to propagate and expand even in the arid, and the space with no goodness. Especially [...]
Posted in FAITH, One Thousand Gifts on May 7, 2012 | 2 Comments »
Emily got in trouble once too much this weekend, she stomped away and shouted, “I just can’t do dis, I QUIT” I know only one place she could hear that from. Me. I am a quitter. When the going gets tough, I assume God isn’t in it. I assume, we’ve lost our way. I want [...]
Posted in FAITH on April 26, 2012 | 12 Comments »
Twice since we have been in youth ministry our names have come up in criminal investigations. The best story? Six months after we bought our first home (in a neighborhood mostly occupied by seniors) a cluster of marijuana plants was found behind our mailboxes. Naturally, the young man (who wears a toque year round, has [...]
Posted in FAITH, One Thousand Gifts on April 9, 2012 | 11 Comments »
I’ve been living under a rock. Feeling the weight of the whole world and feeling tired and misshapen. I’ve been feeling my sins heavy, my flesh weak, my body hunched with the weight of my own failures. I’ve not been feeling like myself. Or more precisely, I’ve been feeling too much like myself. BUT. When [...]
Posted in FAITH on April 4, 2012 | 2 Comments »
In the morning now, when the house is quiet, and the lists are made I feel like I could do it…all of it. By three pm today I will know that I cannot and I will sit exhausted and think about all the things I missed, forgot, could have done better. THESE DAYS ARE THE [...]
Posted in Church, FAITH, FAMILY on March 27, 2012 | 4 Comments »
Beloved Bride, I watched you tonight. I sat in the car with sleeping littles while you passed Hope Centre windows en route to family dinner. There goes that girl I met after she attended camp for the first time. I remember hugging her the week after her mother died. I remember watching her grow into [...]
Posted in FAITH on March 24, 2012 | 4 Comments »
I’ve been quiet. There is just so much noise sometimes. I don’t want to be a part of it. Sometimes, I feel the weight of so many voices and they drown the still, quiet One. The one that rarely roars like an earthquake, rushes like wind, rages like fire. Mostly He whispers and if we don’t [...]
Posted in FAITH on March 5, 2012 | 7 Comments »
I have been feeling marvelously small lately. Quiet. Humble. Hushed. I’ve been thinking on intent and purpose and why I do certain things. Like write a blog for example. I’ve been thinking how there are no great things on earth. No Great Men or Women. Pursuing greatness? Cripples you, sabotages you. All God wants from [...]
Posted in FAITH, Youth Ministry on February 2, 2012 | 6 Comments »
An edited repost from the archives, because I am thinking on her today. Hey saints? Will you pray for this sister too? What does it mean to mentor someone? I’ve been thinking on that the last couple of days. Some people think it is the weekly check in. The continual support. The ones who ask [...]
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