For the first time in my life I am stunned. Not because of what is happening around me, a virus. Because of how my fellow neighbors are responding to a threat. Taking more than what they need, because of uncertainty. Fighting each other, offering money to strangers for the food in the grocery carts, stealing Continue reading

“We may speak, if we will, of the ‘wanderings of the children of Israel,’ but we must not think them purposeless strayings; they were in reality a well-arranged and well considered march.” (Spurgeon) I had never really put too much thought into the wanderings of the Israelites before beyond what I read in the Bible. I Continue reading

As I sat tonight in the bathtub, soaking, holding a dark purple bath bomb called “Galaxy”, while it fizzed in my hand.  I was reminded of the few times I actually allow myself to just sit in a tub full of water.  Be still.  Soak.  Submerse.  Let my nostrils be full of the smells of various fragrances.  This being the second Continue reading

Often times we don’t understand what it’s like to wear ‘new clothes’ in a spiritual sense. Many of us know that in a physical sense, new clothing can take on various meaning, both good and bad. For instance, when I used to work at a massage parlor in my late teens, after a friend’s mom Continue reading

Mom,You would be so proud of me I finally used my voice todayTo speak on behalf of those just like meGod really worked a miracle you see… I am no longer the same I held my head high No longer ashamed I may still carry the scars Yea, truly they are somewhere inside But I Continue reading

In any Christian bookstore you can find the verse (or at least part of it) Psalm 139:14 “I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made; your works are wonderful, I know that full well.” I wonder though, how many of us have actually stopped and really thought about what that verse means. Sure Continue reading

Some of us need to hear you spit out the lyrics of your pain Then tell us how Jesus came to save A broken person just like you So for us it can be true. You see from the trap to the prison Most of us have been livin’ So when it came down to Continue reading

As I was going through an old Day Runner Organizer this morning that was from 2015, that I had believed was long since gone as well as forgotten, I was flooded with both harsh and humble reminders. At first I thought my mom was just mistaken when she said she had found my organizer as Continue reading