I remember her telling meshe refused to crybecause if she startedshe feared she’d never stopI remember wonderinghow you could live with that much painhow you could carry that much weightshrouded and sealed and buried deep withinwhere is the benefit in denialwhere is the hope in a masquerade I wondered thenBut I understand now
When there’s Ice beneath the Snow.
I didn’t want to believe it when I heard the news. You always want to believe the best about the people you respect. But you can’t deny the truth forever. Even when the truth is sickening. If you are someone who has followed Ravi Zacharias and the RZIM organization, then I’m sure you understand how …
{just to speak}
Have you ever felt claws ripping and wrenching,slashing and hacking at your throat,leaving a trail of bloodas you speak?Have you ever felt a weight on your chest, so heavy you can barely breathe, let alone express the feelingsyou’ve only been told to hide?Has it ever seemed like the thoughts buried deep inside your soul,are written …
Why I practice Lent as an Evangelical Christian.
What is lent? Do you celebrate lent? Perhaps you’re unfamiliar with the tradition. I’d never heard of it either, growing up belting “Amazing Grace” within the four walls of a bible church. Lent is the season of spiritual preparation before Easter. Some say the word is derived from the Old English word for “lengthening” as …
{listening, watching, perceiving}
listening, watching, perceivingthat I don’t want to be one of them-one who is constantlylistening watching, perceiving everyone’s lives but their very own Pushing away children, our books, the treesNo time for God or discipline or rest we’re always listening, watching, perceiving worrying, comparing, condemning Looking at screens instead of the starsscrolling instead of savoringthis one …