How the truths of Scripture change the way I live
I’m home this week from a trip with my sister to visit my folks and get some gears turning toward a move from their beloved Alaska home to somewhere a little nearer family.ย Among the myriad of business items were some moments spent sifting through memorabilia… One afternoon I dug in a musty box in […]
A raven alights in the tallest pine outside my window to survey the snowy landscape.ย This descendant of Noah’s raven reminds me that the people of God have had long practice in waiting.ย My wait for spring to banish winter’s white is nothing compared to what Noah’s wife must have felt cooped up in God’s […]
I’m ready for a change of season.ย Snow is beautiful.ย But it gets old.ย And I grow impatient for something new–a pussy willow, a green shoot, something to show that we are not stuck in eternal winter. Now that the calendar page has flipped out of winter I am wooed by memories of forsythia blooms […]
I love the blessings of Scripture, whether in the prophetic fashion of Moses (Numbers 6:22-27) or the Spirit-fueled prayers of Paul.ย They always point back to God as the original Blesser and the One on whom we are dependent for every good thing. But they do not appear in a vacuum applicable to all the […]
I have not always believed God’s grace sufficient. ย I have known the words, the promise, but not always felt their reality. ย I was once a young mom with a sick baby unconsolable… who would stop breathing in our arms, leaving an empty bassinet at my bedside, even as my milk letdown… As I sang words […]