Places 23: Tall Before Me

<em>Places</em> 23: Tall Before Me

Note: I had fun with this one. I’m not sure how inspired it is— the content is quite serious but the words came so quickly that I forgot about the “writer” in me who struggles and searches for the perfect word and just enjoyed the flow of verses moving from my head to the paper. One line […]

Faith or Fear

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Faith or Fear

On December 11th, I looked out the window and wrote a poem about the wintry view before my eyes. I was surprised that it ended up about fear and faith. What is in us has a way of coming out, doesn’t it. I rarely post new poems, but put it on-line. Dissatisfied, I revised it. Here’s […]

Essays in Ephesians #4

Essays in Ephesians #4

Life on earth is tragic. Yet God’s plan, set forth in Christ, continues to unfold through times when we feel deaf, gagged, horrified by violence and blinded by grief and the throbbing distractions of injustice . . .

A Living Witness to Love

A Living Witness to Love

An agnostic friend recently asked me, “Why do you want me to change? Why do you care what I believe?”

A Reflection on Grief

A Reflection on Grief

Choosing life requires facing grief and moving through it. It took time and courage to learn to ride into and beyond recurring waves of painful emotion and memory.