In Pain in Grace

In Pain in Grace

While cleaning up some digital files recently, I came across the following meditation. I had written this prayer one October morning several years ago after reading the Old Testament passage for that day in my One Year Bible. Migraines continue to occur and I was...
Resistance

Resistance

Recently I had an illuminating conversation with a friend. Danielle is the lovely mom of three children, one each currently in elementary school, middle school, and high school. For a number of years she has had a front row seat to the infiltration into education of...
Utter Extravagance

Utter Extravagance

Recently, I left the wine country north of San Francisco where I live to visit relatives living in the Mojave Desert of Southern California. It had been some years since I’d been to SoCal, and never that far southeast in the state. It’s a remarkable drive....
Washed

Washed

He sits at a table with parchments before him, the familiar quill in his hand. His chambers are not in an unimaginably ornate palace like his son would one day build. Nor do they in any way rival the splendor of Egyptian or Assyrian or Babylonian kings. But it is...
The Story

The Story

I stand at the white board in front of the class, marker in one hand, a story I am about to read in the other. It’s a combination class of homeschooled fourth through sixth graders who attend classes twice a week at our church. These are offered through a...