Category Archives: Christian walk

Left-Brain with Peanut Butter, Please

Our pint-sized kitchen was clean and comfy as my sister and I were sitting around the oak table eating a snack when our mother dashed in from the den. We cautiously eyed each other as mom pulled out pans, beaters, sugar, flour and peanut butter. Me, being the talker ofRead the Rest…

Are you a Glow-in-the-Dark Christian?

“Why is it not lighting up?” My daughter Grace called through the dark to me. “Honey, it IS lighting up,” I explained. “But glow in the dark things just glow. They don’t really project light,” I told her and waited for her to ask what project meant. It’s hard toRead the Rest…

He Heals Me, He Heals Me Not

Several years ago when my boys were little, I volunteered at a chili supper at the elementary school where my middle, and most impetuous son, Kristopher, was attending at the time.  It was time to clean up and I was doing my part, but didn’t really know my way aroundRead the Rest…

Palette of Possibility

But he said, The things which are impossible with men are possible with God. Luke 18:27 ASV I started looking at this photo and could barely pull my eyes away. Look at it a minute, really look. Let your eyes wander across the colors, dwelling on the ones that catchRead the Rest…

Downsizing to the Divine: Worship

Last month I wrote a devotion called "Downsizing to Divine Food," an excerpt from an unfinished book of mine called Downsizing to the Divine. A sweet reader contacted me and shared her struggle and weariness from years of too much "church" and not enough Jesus. I think we all have the potentialRead the Rest…