His Pleasure
A friend mentioned being mindful of all the great art, movies, books made around our most recent turn of the century—and making sure your...
Novelist
You say Knowing me is wistful Fleeting The last, three-minute glow of an autumn sunset. I’m here I give it all to you Tangled To be sure,...
Bookseller
The world deadens them. Or winds them up. They come in with eyes scared… Anxious Sad Combative Cold Unable to focus Can you help me find...
Zukunftsangst
(A Fall TBT, originally published in 2012) We can get bogged down in the what-ifs, yet here in the Intermountain West, Fall has come...
West Coast White Girl
The Sixties I am born in 1966 to white, professional parents and raised in a predominantly white neighborhood, in a predominantly white...
Cheerful Giver
There are ministries and needs we encounter every day that desperately need support, and lately I’ve had many friends who were actually...
In Real Life
“And not only this, but we also exult in our tribulations, knowing that tribulation brings about perseverance; and perseverance, proven...
The Empty Tomb
Woman, why are you weeping?” the angel said to Mary. As if that empty tomb should have been a comfort. “Whom are you seeking?” Jesus...
Sweet Dreams
It’s close to midnight and I wake for a few minutes, like I always do. I listen to you enact a bedtime routine you’ve had since...
Love and Resistance
I know God answers prayer. He’s answered mine, at times in dramatic ways, perhaps to let me know He’s actually listening. God moves my...
