God did the unthinkable in sacrificing his Son. In our limited human understanding, we cannot wrap our minds around that sort of love, that sort of sacrifice. Do you wonder, can this one death be enough to cover darkness in my heart, much less the magnitude of human depravity through all of history? When the …
Children’s Poems for O Antiphons
*The refrain of these poems is adapted from a monologue in "Black Nativity" by Langston Hughes O Anitphon O Emmanuel, our King and Giver of Law:come to save us, Lord our God! Isaiah 7:14 Children’s poem Sometimes we wander and feel alone We search and search to find our home But Jesus comes to be …
An Invitation: Prepare the Way
You are warmly invited to a one-day women's retreat that I'm organizing with my friends in order to prepare our hearts for Advent. It is graciously hosted by my parents' church in Loveland, CO on the Saturday after Thanksgiving (Nov. 26). Please feel free to forward this invitation to any women you think might enjoy …
Earthtones
I want to take nature’s colors with me, to capture each unique hue the way it emerges in the wild world. Yet the angle of light in my photos leave the color either flat and dull or distorted to unnatural beauty. Neither are the colors I see standing here. For, in this place, I see …
Home Sweet Home
Not long after my thirtieth birthday, my parents moved from my childhood home. Commercial development of the adjacent farmland loomed on the horizon. My folks were looking to get out while the value was still high and move to something that would be more sustainable through their elder years i.e. something without stairs. Our house …
Season Opener
Just about a year ago, NB and I started a new season of life when our time living primarily in Kansas came to an end. On a sunny, late winter day we took one last journey on I-70 back to our permanent home in Colorado. As we settled back into one home, we also settled …
Our Coming Dawn
"There is at the back of all our lives an abyss of light, more blinding and unfathomable than any abyss of darkness ...."G.K. Chesterton Thursday morning I watched as the Old Moon hung in its last phase, a silken-sliver in the blue light of dawn. I was awed by the timing of this beauty—here at …
Union
"All mine are yours, and yours are mine, and I am glorified in them." -- John 17:10 Luke tells us that the disciples respond in joyful worship to Jesus' ascension and wait to be clothed with "power from on high." (Luke 24:49-53). To my mind, this seems a strange response to the departure of the …
Glory
"To speak of God's glory, in biblical terms, is not just to speak of his splendor and beauty (though that too) but also to speak of how weighty, heavy, and substantial he is." --Andrew Wilson, God of All Things Today is Ascension Day, the day we remember Jesus' return to heaven and enthronement as King. …
Truth
I, the LORD, speak the truth. I declare what is right." --Isaiah 45:19b Christ's Resurrection is the triumph of Truth over the lies of darkness. To be Resurrection people means we allow God's Truth the reign over our lives--the Truth about Him (His goodness, faithfulness, love, power, and kingdom) and the Truth about us (our …
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