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 …
People need a melody.
I’ve never liked the end of January. The holidays are over, winter is in full force and life seems to consist of work, routines, darkness and fatigue. This morning, while I was looking outside at the sloppy gray mess that is the world, a line from one of my favorite songs caught my attention; ” …
{different}
things are different nowand different they may remainbut the Lord is still on his thronesome things never change