It’s the moment. That moment of beautiful anticipation. Tomorrow is Christmas! Our Advent Season is coming to completion. It’s a sacred moment, a quiet moment, a hold your breath kind of moment, because even the whisper of breath disturbers the stillness. It is time for Christ’s Candle. the people living in darkness have seen a […]
The Ever Offensive Cross
What do you think about when you think of the cross? Do you think of church? Christians? Jewelry? Does it mean anything to you? Perhaps it feels like a pretentious symbol to you, offensive in its religiosity. Maybe it is a sacred image, symbolizing peace, and hope. Maybe you think of Jesus. But what is […]
Why Would God Choose Me?
And the Lord said to Moses, “You are going to rest with your ancestors, and these people will soon prostitute themselves to the foreign gods of the land they are entering. They will forsake me and break the covenant I made with them.” Deuteronomy 31:16 Oh Israel. Beautiful Israel. If you’ve ever read the Old […]
When the Battle Rages
I don’t understand me sometimes. I’ll be doing so well, and then, crash! Something in me falls down into a pit, and as much as I try, I just can’t seem to pull myself up out of it. Is this depression? I don’t think I feel depressed. Just… some kind of loss of self. Ever […]
Review: Every Bitter Thing is Sweet by Sara Hagerty
When I saw this book in the list of books available to review I was ecstatic! I’d heard about it and was very eager to be able to read and review it. It actually came in a bit before the last book I reviewed, but as the last book was a Christmas book I decided […]
Hope For Tomorrow
“Hope” is the thing with feathers— That perches in the soul— And sings the tune without the words— And never stops—at all— And sweetest—in the Gale—is heard— And sore must be the storm— That could abash the little Bird That kept so many warm— I’ve heard it in the chillest land— And on the strangest […]
Hidden in a Dream
Hidden in a Dream A Poem, By Joy Aletheia Stevens ~ Turn the key, Unlock the mystery, Of the place that is free: Where words flow gently. ~ Quiet down mind! Listen to the stillness, And once again find The whimsical fullness. ~ The words, already there. The flow, entirely, exists. But the secret is […]
Took Me Home
Took Me Home A Poem, By Joy Aletheia Stevens ~ How could I be so very blessed I don’t understand, this I confess That You would take me as Your very own Like a foundling child without a home ~ You found me in an abandoned place And Your hand caressed my tear soaked face […]
Just Breathe
Breathe In. Breathe in His Strength. Breathe Out. Breathe out my weakness. Breathe In. Breathe in His Glory. Breathe Out. Breathe out my shame. Breathe In. Breathe Out. Breathe In Him. Breathe Out Me. In. Out. In. Out. Such a glorious exchange! Take in His Constancy, His Holiness, His Rightness. Take in Himself. Let everything […]
The Shadow of Death
Why? I see the pain, the suffering in the world and am overwhelmed. I see, I taste the fruits of death. The old, the young, the guilty, the innocent. So many robbed of life before their time. The child just waking up to life. The young woman, murdered by someone she thought she loved. I’ve seen […]
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