Our canvas (church small-group) has picked up a discipline that it practiced for a while before I joined… telling stories. The past few weeks we have devoted our group time to letting new(er) members of the community (including myself) share their stories. Each time we gathered we shared a meal and then circled all 18 [...]
where is hope?
And I have the audacity to think that I have problems…
The plague of army worm caterpillars in Liberia has affected some 400,000 people and the UN warns of a second wave of infestations.
What do you do when you are left with nothing? and there is no place to go? how do you sustain your [...]
Kentucky
A few weeks ago I came home from a night class only to be greeted by my husband who had a ’surprise’ for me. Now our surprises tend to be understated: “look, i bought you your favorite peanut butter” or “i fixed your bike”. My last surprise from him was a tooth flosser with [...]
give me your eyes
A friend passed this song along onto me, and although I tend to avoid contemporary Christian music, this song makes one of the most beautiful prayers I have heard as of late.
Brandon Heath- Give me your Eyes
Plant Sequoias
Love the quick profit, the annual raise,
vacation with pay. Want more
of everything ready-made. Be afraid
to know your neighbors and to die.
And you will have a window in your head.
Not even your future will be a mystery
any more. Your mind will be punched in a card
and shut away in a little drawer.
When they want you to [...]
