My train stop on Halloween was more than a train stop. Maybe it could have been just a train stop under different circumstances. Perhaps it would have held far less meaning if my bus home wasn’t leaving right when I got off the train. I bet if my kids weren’t waiting at home for me to go …
Saturday Musings – Can Hummingbirds be Holy?
This is the first of a new series of posts, called Saturday Musings. In these posts, I am going to step aside from the typical focus of stories, hope, and strategies to keep going through impossible circumstances. Instead, these posts will be more along the lines of "Let's slow down, look around, …
Climbing Your Mountain
We have believed a deception about our faith. Preachers have subtly hinted at it. Worship songs have declared it. Bible passages have been taken out of context to support it. And it slowly erodes our confidence, because our life is simply not reflective of this pseudo-truth. What …
I Got 99 Problems
Warning: This post contains some graphic content. If you are easily offended by sexual references or racial slurs, you may want to skip this post. I hope you won't, because it may change the way you view people around you. A clearly autistic man preaches the Gospel to everyone walking by, …
If You Have Enough Faith
Today, I have the honor of sharing my site with Joan Hall. From her earliest recollection, Joan Hall has always enjoyed listening to a good story. Now she shares stories about life and faith. Her desire is that her writing will cause people to reflect upon living a simple life, strong family …
Sometimes A Wall is Not Enough
We have all had days where it seems like we see nothing but obstacles. No matter which way we turn, we run into a wall. It feels like we have nowhere to go. No options left. We are just stuck. Hope is gone. There is no way on. This video powerfully reminds us that we are NEVER out of …
The Wall Around Your Heart
I don’t often participate in book launches. So often, the book ends up going in a completely different direction than I am as a writer, so it becomes difficult for me to support on my blog. No matter how wonderful the book is. No matter how gifted the writer. I am so thrilled to have come across a …
How I Avoided Trust Bankruptcy
In January 2013, my seizure disorder spiraled out of control. I had three significant seizures most days, and it took my brain over two hours after each seizure to be back to full strength. I need full brain power to do my job, so I was losing at least half of each day in recovery. I knew I was …
Not at the top – A Guest Post
Today's post is from one of my friends and fellow writers, Joy Lenton. Joy Lenton is a wife, mother, grandma-in-waiting and M.E sufferer. A lot of her days are spent in PJs penning poetry and prose. She loves connecting with people, reading, drinking coffee and eating dark …
The Day God Made Me Into a Bullet-Dodging Neo
The other week, God answered my cry for help the day before I prayed it. I know, that doesn’t even make sense. But it’s true nonetheless. I could pull out my theology handbook and argue about how God dwells outside of time, so this is perfectly plausible. If I was going to do that, I’d start with …
Hope rises in unexpected places
I am thrilled to be hosting one of my favorite authors today, Wendy van Eyck of I Love Devotionals. Wendy has just recently released a book I had the privilege of reading early -- Life, Life and More Life. She recounts how she holds on to hope and faith in the midst of her husband's cancer …
Climbing Toward Hope
The header image for my site shows two people climbing a mountain of pain toward hope, but this begs a question: What exactly is HOPE? Like many other words, hope has been emptied of meaning by today’s culture. Hope is a wish: I hope the Cardinals win the Super Bowl (sad Arizona football …