Running on Full
I hate running. It hurts. So why do I run? I run because I have a gazillion things to do every day. I run because everyone else seems to run and I get caught in the current of busy. Busy. Busy. Busy. We are all so busy. Sometimes I feel more machine than human. More like a factory […]
Finding Purpose in the Sick and Tired
I have been sick and tired. Literally. For exactly two weeks as of today. I’m familiar with respiratory ailments like bronchitis and I’ve even had pneumonia a couple times in the past but nothing has ever leveled me like what turned out to be Influenza A. I’ve always wondered why people die from the flu. […]
How to Get Real with Your Maker
Lament. To express grief for or about. To mourn. Sometimes when you’re in the midst of darkness, you can’t see the light shining behind. It’s there. But you can’t see the sun. You can’t feel the warmth. All seems like shadow and you wonder if the clouds will ever roll away, like your soul just […]
Costco Church
I went to church in Costco this weekend. Trying to hold back my tears, the lump in my throat made it hard to swallow. I’m a mess, really. Things touch me in ways that make me think I’m weird—like really at least two standard deviations to the left of the bell curve weird! Like, really, […]
Glory Days
No, it’s not just a Bruce Springsteen song about days gone by. Glory days are every day we put ourselves into the presence of God and experience His goodness. I am practicing contemplation these days in my prayer time—pondering and considering God’s goodness and glory. Of all the years I have prayed, these days have […]
It’s in the Blood
He tells me just as I crawl into bed and try to warm up in the flannel sheets. Talked to Bruce tonight. It’s in the blood—in the marrow. He has been training our lab puppy for the past year and watching him with her in the field hunting pheasants is nothing short of amazing. Probably […]