Yesterday's entry from my morning journal: These days, my morning coffee and quiet time begin in the darkness of night. I sit by my...

As Christmas approached when I was growing up, I couldn't wait for the Sears Wish Book. My sisters and I would actually fight over who...

This past weekend we attended the wedding of my nephew--a beautiful family celebration. We hugged our hellos, we talked, we ate, we...

Names are important. We'll get to that. Last week I did something that I'd never done before. No, I didn't go bungee jumping or sky...

I am ... I am a writer, an author, a poet. But in my “other” life, I am a missionary, a linguist, a Bible translator (mostly vicariously...

What an odd phrase for 2022. What does it mean? In the past I've written about BEING all that God wants us to be instead of running...

Little did I realize what was in store when this phrase swept into my mind a few Sundays ago --and how it would both flatten me and leave...

The words swept into my mind during Sunday worship. Spirit-words dancing on a song. I quickly sat down, grabbed my pen, and scribbled the...

Are you a tenter? I've become one. To be honest, for years I had no interest in camping. That's because years ago when our children were...

The questioning words of my youngest granddaughter. She's obsessed with airplanes. This past weekend, we had her and her older sister for...

"So God created man in his own image." --Moses "As for me, I shall behold your face in righteousness; when I awake, I shall be satisfied...

The Droste Effect. Are you familiar with it? According to wise-geek.com, the Droste Effect is, "a special type of visual effect which is...

Today, I read a devotional I'd written in January 2020. Looking back at 2019. Wondering what 2020 would bring. What stood out to me were...

Spirit-inspired thoughts when I listen in the silence and live in the present risenness of Jesus. Silence Silence seems to be a foreign...