Posted by in Devotionals, Stories Persist. It’s a word that’s been lingering in the background of my life the last couple of years. Sometimes a whispered encouragement. Sometimes a challenge, a goal I feel too tired to achieve. It can sound inspiring – like when we hear it attributed to Olympic athletes who have endured bruises, blisters, long practices, the…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 Peter Called from his fishing Just enough faith to leave the ordinary Perhaps curiosity about the man who called him Possibly gnawing discontent with life as it was Maybe an awareness of need and just enough hope this Man could meet his need Broken but willing Lips acknowledged Jesus as God Then cursed, “I know Him not!” Forgiven, he whispers reverently According to…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 