red lipstick bravery
Romans 8 always confounds me. Today I woke up and the pain hit me all over again—not emotional pain—physical pain. It is the physical pain that defeats me and makes me angry and frustrated. *I...
View Articlepeanut butter cookies are NOT a solution. . .
I admit it. I eat when I’m depressed and right now I am not seeing my life very clearly. I’m not seeing how truly blessed I am. I’m not seeing that God is providing even as I stamp my feet and demand...
View ArticleA Stranger in a Strange Land
*This is response to the three photos by Marissa Othon. I realize her pictures are set in Panama, but I’ve never been to Panama and I have been to Washington State. I fell in love with it and so I’m...
View ArticlePiglet Meets Joshua and God…But No Hittites
Alan Alexander Milne understood people very well—I think. He died in 1956, two years before I was born. But the Winnie-the-Pooh stories and characters are still one of my favorites. C.S. Lewis said,...
View ArticleOUT OF COMPLACENCY, INTO DEPENDENCY
*It has been extremely difficult for me to write after finishing my thesis; I’m always wanting to use APA citations, and my creativity seems to have flown the coop. This is a long, tedious effort to...
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