God has saved my life – over and over again over the years; and last November, as most of you know, He did it again between 8 and 10 times depending on the nurse who talked…
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A Return to Simple Devotion
When I first returned to Jesus my relationship with Him was deep and rich, spontaneous and beautiful, simple and utterly delightful. When I started spending time with other Christians, it became a complicated duty, full of…
Invited Out or Invited to Stay We Are Bringers of Life to the Dry and Barren Places
Sometimes God invites us out of the place we are, into something new and different. Sometimes He invites us to stay and be catalysts for change, making the space we are in, new and different. Isaiah…
Glorious Pee Fountain
Did the picture get your attention? This, dear friends, is an external female urinary collection device. Rather than describe how it fits, I’ll show you a picture… I called it a “banana” because it looked like…
The Audacity of Youth
I’m a side-sleeper, sometimes back but not stomach. Nothing about sleeping on my stomach is comfortable for me. So, when nurses told me that I should try spending more time on my stomach than on my…
Shame, Embarrassment, and Panic
This is my site so I’m not going to pull any punches. Some of the stories I’m going to share in this series on “The Stories We Tell,” won’t be pretty. Many of them will probably…
Grandma and Kale
Telling the right story is important. Have you ever thought about that? I just started writing a new book about the story of the Kingdom and as I was thinking through what would be included in…
Thinking About “Minor” Characters in the Bible
In the story of Jacob, how much thought have you given to Leah? I realized today that I have never given her much thought. My focus has always been on Rachel, after all, she was the…