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

Dancing out of Captivity

| April 26, 2011

Share I was once at a wedding at which an incident occurred; in fact, it was more an event. The wedding breakfast was over and the music had begun. An older woman was there. She was a quiet person who kept to herself, a shy country woman who was invited because she was a next-door [...]

No Strings

| April 19, 2011

Share I am a golden vessel A temple within which Love resides Complete Whole Strings attached to soul Pull me this way and that Jerk me away from living loved Distract from sharing love Obligations Expectations External forces Given power by fear Expectations and obligations Not met Formula not followed Shame projected I smile at [...]

WALL-E and Me

| February 9, 2009

Share Have you seen WALL-E? I have, and this simple “kids” movie rocked me.  For this post, I will show you an image from the movie with my reflections following right after… Everyone but one (WALL-E) is blindly following the lines, nodding to the images on their screen, and mindlessly going on with their existence. [...]

My Life Sentence

| January 27, 2009

Share No, not in the prison sense, but rather, My Life in One Sentence: I am learning to be a freedom-realizing human, loved immeasurably by our Creator who is teaching me to love myself and others likewise. What is your Life Sentence? (If you have a blog, I invite you to post Your Life Sentence [...]

Dancing Out Captivity

| December 9, 2008

Share I was once at a wedding at which an incident occurred; in fact, it was more an event. The wedding breakfast was over and the music had begun. An older woman was there. She was a quiet person who kept to herself, a shy country woman who was invited because she was a next-door [...]

A Kingdom Economy

| November 17, 2008

Share Our economy sucks. No, I’m not talking about America’s current financial crisis stupidity. I’m talking about the basis of our entire economic system. In the mind of our economy I am two things as a middle class American: a slave a consumer I find it interesting that we still have an economy dependent on [...]

God Loves Us Because of His Knowledge About Us, Not In Spite of It

| August 13, 2008

ShareJen and I were talking the other day and through our conversation God really spoke healing truth to our hearts. We were recalling the life-stories (without going into the specifics) we have been listening to in our Thrive groups. What we noticed is that when we take the time to hear and experience people’s stories [...]

Independence Day

| July 4, 2008

ShareToday, may you recall and celebrate the freedom and independence that God has provided for all!! Breath it in deeply, it is good!

Masks in the Comedy of Life

| March 21, 2008

Share “He who pulls off the masks in the comedy of life [ed. or religion] is ejected. What is the whole life of mortals but a sort of play in which each actor appears on the boards in his specific mask and acts his part until the stage-manager calls him off? He acts wrongly who [...]

Brennan Manning in Town

| March 7, 2008

Share On Wednesday afternoon Jonathan Brink (thanks for the photo Jonathan!) and I had the unique opportunity to hear Brennan Manning speak at William Jessup University. When I heard he was in town I jumped at the chance to hear him in person. I was introduced to Brennan’s writing when I was in college and [...]