• Christian Life - Journal - Writing

    What is normal?

    I’m pretty normal. At least I feel that way. But I recently took a “How crunchy are you?” test and I scored pretty high. I was surprised. How does a “normal” person score high on a test like that? And as I opened the mailbox this morning to send off…

  • Christian Life - Journal

    Seeing dimly until it’s time to fly

     I sit in my hammock, listening to the birds and my instrumental praise music. A ladybug lands inside, bright red. She crawls around, and through the mesh, she can observe an outline of trees and grass. An adventure she can sense but not truly see. I gently lift her up…

  • Book Reviews - Christian Life - Journal

    The Giver and the Power of Choice

    Choice: It’s a power-loaded word. My heart is heavy. It’s pounding. I’m grieving. And it started with a book. “It’s not their fault. They don’t know what they’re doing.” “But we do. So it’s our fault. And we need to do something.” –The Giver My daughter recently read The Giver…

  • Christian Life - Journal

    2016 is a whole new game. Play on!

    Checkers. It was my life-game. Safe, familiar, and homey. I was good at it, too. I thought, Sweet! God has put me in a game that I’m good at! And the game was predictable. It had its rules, and I knew them. Sure, occasionally the board got bumped and spilled,…

  • Christian Life - Journal

    Here: The best place to be

    A letter to Jesus –   Here. It’s the best place to be because it’s where You want me. And to be honest, there never is a There, because when I’m finally there, it will be a new Here. A year ago, I never thought I’d be Here. Even if…

  • Christian Life - Jesus - Journal

    What about unresolved conflict in Heaven?

    Jesus is coming soon! Everyone defines “soon” differently, but we know it’s closer every day, and I think about it all the time. Most recently, I wondered: If we were whisked into Heaven tonight, what would happen to the unresolved relationships that we currently have with other Christians? I’d like…

  • Christian Life - Journal

    Our Broken Road: Growing with Change

    In Heaven, there will be streets of gold. Perfect. Smooth. But that is not the case now. The road outside our country home was broken, destroyed by a myriad of large machines that had driven on it while constructing a bridge nearby. It literally buckled under the weight, splitting in…