We are on the verge of doing the happy dance around here, because we’ve walked through the valley of the shadow of CC’s Challenge 1 class, and we are conquerers! CC is over for the year, but my daughter is … Continue reading Schooling in the Spirit
This is bull nettle. The stickers on the leaves cling to socks, shoes, and pant legs and impale bare feet and bare legs. I used to encounter this weed on a daily basis a hundred years ago when I used … Continue reading Of Bull Nettle and Faith
I don’t like confrontations. I’ll drive halfway across town (and trust me: Dallas is a s-p-r-e-a-d out town) if it means avoiding conflict. Arguing politics or religion makes me nervous…in fact, one of the reasons I started this blog was to give me a format in which I could share the good news of Christ — without the risk of argument and without a bunch of questions that I don’t know how to answer and that might make me doubt my own faith. Such as… If God is good, why does he allow such evil to be in the world? How can a person literally be … Continue reading I’ll take some science with my faith, please
I don’t know that I want to be known as a “Christian” anymore. I don’t want to be part of a culture better known for scorn than for love. The Jesus that I know, the one whose words are etched red across the pages of my Bible, shared love and mercy to sinners and saved his scorn for those who thought they were “better than.” I’ve been part of the Christian “better than” crowd, and I’m pretty much done with all that finger pointing and yelling about Christian “rights” and all the screaming about sins because I realize that I … Continue reading Unwrapping Jesus
Today is my mamma’s birthday. I love her to pieces. See the smile on her beautiful face? That’s the smile burned into my heart — the one that greeted me early in the morning and put me to bed at night. See those pretty arms? Those are the arms that still feel like NONE OTHER when she hugs me. I’m sitting here getting all teary eyed just remembering how those loving arms and that bright smile comforted me and helped me put all the pieces back together all the times when I thought I was breaking. And I … Continue reading It’s a Fun Life, Thanks to Mom
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