I’m joining in with a group of writers for Five Minute Friday where we’re given a prompt (this week it’s BETTER) and write for five minutes about it. I’m pursuing a deeper relationship, and every choice I make takes me closer to, or farther away, from the One who holds my heart. I am blessed, at
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Five Minute Friday – Still
But the blessings and promises of God . . . emerge from a real-life story that also knows that we live in a broken world and some days are tough. Scot McKnight, The Blue Parakeet: Rethinking How You Read the Bible I’m joining in with a group of writers for Five Minute Friday where we’re
Five Minute Friday – Balance
I’ve come to sing you a song called December. Ryan Murphy, Down with the Ship I’m joining in with a group of writers for Five Minute Friday where we’re given a prompt (this week it’s BALANCE) and write for five minutes about it. I have no intention of stepping a foot outside today, except for
Five Minute Friday – Deep
Deep calls to deep, and my soul finds no resting place but Him. Estelle White I’m joining in with a group of writers for Five Minute Friday where we’re given a prompt (this week it’s DEEP) and write for five minutes about it. Deep calls to deep. There is a restlessness and a stirring. I return
Friday, October 12, 2018 – Five Minute Friday – Praise
I lift my eyes unto the hills Where does my help come from? My help comes from the Lord The maker of Heaven and Earth Psalm 121:1,2 I’m joining in with a group of writers for Five Minute Friday where we’re given a prompt (this week it’s PRAISE) and write for five minutes about it. The
Friday, October 5, 2018 – Five Minute Friday – Share
We can ignore even pleasure. But pain insists upon being attended to. God whispers to us in our pleasures, speaks in our conscience, but shouts in our pains: it is his megaphone to rouse a deaf world.” C.S. Lewis, The Problem of Pain I’m joining in with a group of writers for Five Minute Friday
Friday, September 21, 2018 – Five Minute Friday – Complete
One of the tragedies of our life is that we keep forgetting who we are. Henri J.M. Nouwen, Here and Now: Living in the Spirit I’m joining in with a group of writers for Five Minute Friday where we’re given a prompt (this week it’s COMPLETE) and write for five minutes about it. Confession: I
Friday, August 31, 2018 – Five Minute Friday – Rush
August rain: the best of the summer gone, and the new fall not yet born. The odd uneven time. Sylvia Plath I’m joining in with a group of writers for Five Minute Friday where we’re given a prompt (this week it’s RUSH) and write for five minutes about it. Today, the last day of what
Friday, July 20, 2018 – Five Minute Friday – Way
“We are not necessarily doubting that God will do the best for us; we are wondering how painful the best will turn out to be.” ~ C.S. Lewis I’m joining in with a group of writers for Five Minute Friday where we’re given a prompt (this week it’s WAY) and write for five minutes about
Friday, July 13, 2018 – Five Minute Friday – Done
A spark neglected makes a mighty fire. Robert Herrick I’m joining in with a group of writers for Five Minute Friday where we’re given a prompt (this week it’s DONE) and write for five minutes about it. A fire burns on the hills directly across the river from where we live. It grows quickly; the
Friday, June 29, 2018 – Five Minute Friday – If
No one has yet put into words the complexity of being adopted. Betty Jean Lifton I’m joining in with a group of writers for Five Minute Friday where we’re given a prompt (this week it’s IF) and write for five minutes about it. What if? It’s a question I’ve considered for most of my life: What