Affliction Outweighed

Affliction Outweighed

We sat in her living room. Through the wall of windows we see white cottony wisps of mist settle over rolling hills. Orange leaves burst through a sea of green.  Summer changes to fall. The end of a season happens right before us as we discuss the end of a season....
When You Need to Take Courage

When You Need to Take Courage

A government shut-down. A family killed in a rock-slide. Children addicted to porn. Christians and churches being attacked. Teen pleads guilty to murdering a 10 year old girl. These are just a handful of the articles that flash across my screen this morning.  Some I...
Encouragement for a Change in Seasons

Encouragement for a Change in Seasons

There is a change of seasons going on here.  A change that has me thinking about other things than writing this week. So I’m going back to my storehouse of posts.  This is my post from exactly one year ago… I watched the kids from the neighborhood play...
Shaking the Gates of Hell Today

Shaking the Gates of Hell Today

Last week there was a battle between my son and myself.  After the heat went down and the boiling turned to simmering, I took my son’s hand and we prayed.  It felt hard to take that hand and pray in the midst of hurting hearts but it happened. I’ve been...
Star-struck by the Most Famous One

Star-struck by the Most Famous One

Ruthie wakes up early and stumbles down to the living room with her light-up ladybug. Her little chubby fingers hold up the favorite bedtime friend to project stars on the ceiling above us. Amethyst light through star holes cast the dreamy image of a night sky above...
If You Need to Remember: God Sees You

If You Need to Remember: God Sees You

I drive over the top of the hill and come down the other side.  The earth opens up wide before me.  Highway 70 between Hermann and Columbia, MO  is lonely.  If it weren’t for the corn, I could be in a desert.  But here in this one spot I rush up what feels like...
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