Lit from within
Moving to a new place can be scary under the best of circumstances. When circumstances become less than ideal, an unfamiliar place – a city – becomes lonely canyons of dangers unknown and desert. "Call out to Jesus" my little…
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I applied to be Dancing Queen
I thought I put "Dancing Queen" on my application…not "Drama Queen." Dancing Queen. Dancing. Not Drama. No bueno. If you've walked with me for a bit, you may know my story: of crawling out of a sewer of devastating (non-parent)…
Inconceivable
The Princess Bride is keeping me company in this rather solemn night. A bit of brevity after a hell-of-a-week. I appreciate the emotional respite – the oasis – this goofy movie creates in a week of innocents lost. Monday. Oh…
what do you do with HATE?
Stunned. Quiet. Speechless. Weeping. Where are you, God? Oh-I see. Operating in the best of human agency people running grieving fathers in cowboy hats rescue rushing to the undeclared battle Hate wells up to jog me out of a shocked…
Wrecking ball
Yesterday, I ran for joy. Not for a race, time, fitness or some other noble pursuit; I ran for joy. Sort of like Forrest Gump; I just ran… Read the rest of this post and join me on Sundays at http://www.wrecked.org/adventure/wrecking-ball/ for…
Freckles & a Red Pen
How do we stop the Mississippi from flooding or the wind from howling down our door? We start somewhere. We learn. Pray. Plan. Execute. Stay vigilant. Help our neighbors. Pitch in when a stranger is in trouble. We let compassion…
Running with King David
Today, Runners' World popped up with "MORNING READ: "How I learned to love running without an iPod". In the running universe, there are as many camps as there are in politics: headphones v. no headphone, barefoot v. shoes, trail v.…
Was it a morning like this?
Was it a morning like this? I love this question. It joins me to that day of when the women ran to the tomb and found it empty and the death clothes folded neatly to the side. This morning, with…
When Wednesday feels like Monday
Today is Wednesday…all day long. It's a time-machine Wednesday; one that wants to go back and live like Monday. You know Monday: the wake up call that gravity works and that you – if you are fortunate – are heading…
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