It’s hard to believe a year has come and gone. It’s as if a flash of goodness has swooshed by and I find myself wanting to grasp it and hold it dear. Every year I try to recap experiences, your favorite posts, and try to make some kind of sense out of my last 365 days. But this year, I’m… Read More
through the messy, fight for your vision.
I woke up excited. It’s as if every sense within me had been awakened. Finally a vision became crystal clear of how to begin a ministry that would reach out to bless and make relationships with those caught in prostitution on the street. I found myself singing. I couldn’t wait to step out. I was ready to go and wanted… Read More
rest-stops for your saturday.
If you are anything like me, you can get so wrapped up in serving others that you forget to stop and rest. Your soul needs to be refreshed. We over look the value of rest because we are a ‘doing’ people. However when we run and run and run, burnout is around the corner. Burnout is not good for us,… Read More
against all odds.
I write this as I return from speaking in Florida. It was a fabulous weekend at Covenant Fellowship with Jenny Bolt. Those girls got it goin’ on! As I travel home by plane my mind wonders to so many things that defy all reason. It doesn’t make sense. I look out the window and see the long sprawn out wing…. Read More
don’t fight loneliness — being alone can be good
There’s something about being smack-dab in the middle of God calling that leaves you feeling lonely. It’s not a pitiful – poor me kind of lonely, but rather an internal feeling that you are standing alone. Whether you are standing in a field looking around witnessing the workers are few or standing on the ledge of a platform fixing to… Read More
i don’t like to wait.
Growing up I wished my life away. I couldn’t wait to get in middle school. I couldn’t wait for High School. I couldn’t wait for college. And my mom would continually say, “You are wishing your life away!” But I just. couldn’t. wait. Somewhere after college the waits became more difficult. I had to wait to get married. I had… Read More