A Mending Shift

a bird sings, not because if has an answer to give, but because it has a song to sing … this is my song

Unmuted

| February 23, 2009

Share Three years ago a friend of mine lost his voice and became mute, but yesterday morning his Papa unmuted him and is giving him his voice back. That sentence may not make any sense to you, but to my friend and me it rings of Papa’s unrelenting grace and restoration. Yesterday morning was a [...]

Animal Cookie Grace

| December 31, 2008

Share Remember eating animal cookies as a kid? Yesterday my daughter and I went to run some errands and I bought her her very first box of animal cookies. Over the years a lot changes, but not animal cookies: Same box. Same animals. Same amount of broken cookies. As she sat behind me in the [...]

One Line—The Stink & Beauty

| May 8, 2008

Share “A theology of brokenness embraces our spiritual poverty, our questions, our doubts, our desire for love, hope and redemption, and reminds us that the stink and the beauty are all wrapped up into one.” ~Kathy Escobar~