Posted by in Devotionals When my oldest son was a baby there was a stuffed angel I would place in his crib as I laid him down to sleep. If you were to squeeze the angel’s belly, it would speak this prayer in the soft, innocent voice of a child. Through the years, it was a prayer I often…Read more »
Posted by in Stories I want to tell you a story, but I don’t know quite how to start. Do I start by saying that I need to get real and tell you the truth? No. That doesn’t feel right because it has all been real and I have always tried to share the truth – about me and…Read more »
Posted by in Devotionals, Stories We were leaving the home where my Grandma lived, piling into the mini-van in comfortable chaos. Above the noise, I heard Koby speaking, “Mommy.” Making sure everyone was buckled up, I turned to him as we pulled out of the parking lot. Driving away from Grandma. Unaware of time’s relentless march, and that we had…Read more »
Posted by in Devotionals, Love it! Waiting in eager anticipation. Life struggles to be born. Love is coming. Light. Waiting in a shaft of light, surrounded by darkness. Death has visited. The aching loss of life departed, the threat of emptiness. I cannot help but be drawn to Advent. Birth. New life. The coming, the anticipation, the excitement. New birth is neither…Read more »
Posted by in Devotionals, Stories It was a beautiful warm autumn day. The sun was shining, birds were singing, and two Canadians living abroad had been freed. When Rob and I first moved to London, we were content, perhaps even thrilled, with public transportation. We happily rode the underground tube, the above ground trains, and the double decker busses. It was…Read more »
Posted by in Devotionals, Stories There was this mother. She carried secret life close to her heart. She dreamed of promise. One day, these dreams had to change. You see, her promise would bud but not flower. With strength of steel this mother dared to love anyway. Life grew, protected within her as shadows darkened above her. Life cries out into the gathering shadows. Mother picks up…Read more »
Posted by in Devotionals, Stories And the end of all our exploring Will be to arrive where we started And know the place for the first time. – T.S. Eliot In a full circle week, my journey led me back to the place it began. Back to the house I grew up in, to the family from which I came. Time mocks…Read more »
Posted by in Devotionals, Stories Dear Jesus, I’m writing You a letter because today, I really wanted some extra time with my Grandma. I wanted one more chance to sit near her, surrounded by her great cloud of witnesses. In a busy world, there is this nagging ache of loneliness that never really goes away. Yet, in those times gathered around Grandma,…Read more »
A Space for Grace 