Beloved

Beloved

When I was younger, I loved watching elderly couples interact. The longevity of their marriage was often unmistakable in the small ways they mirrored each other… their shared mannerisms, precious expressions, and rhythms. Years later now, my husband and I are that...
Look up, look w-a-a-a-y up!

Look up, look w-a-a-a-y up!

We live in dark times where evil’s erosion is ramping up at a terrifying pace. This, from Paul’s second letter to his spiritual son, Timothy, written circa AD 67: ‘ . . . in the final days the culture of society will become extremely fierce.’  (2 Tim....
Are we there yet?

Are we there yet?

From my younger years, I have (fading) memories of waking up early in the morning, my stomach muscles knotted in anxiety waiting for that day’s dental appointment to be over with (dentistry has improved immensely, and painlessly, since then, Praise God!) Another...
As time goes by

As time goes by

In all the days of his public ministry, Jesus’ focus was the Kingdom. Over and over, he used parables and stories to illustrate it and bring its reality into the present. And it wasn’t just some pretty idea floating around out there somewhere, untouchable,...
Wasn’t expecting that!

Wasn’t expecting that!

culture: the customary beliefs and social forms of a group used to interact with one another and transmitted across generations through learning, values, language, and habits. We all grow up in a culture. It’s what we think of as normal, what we’ve always known....