Finding My Voice

I wrote yesterday about my lifelong love of writing, and how it has evolved to where I am today. It’s part of a dream I have…a wild and crazy dream that I believe with all my heart has been embedded into me by no one but my Creator. It is only a part of...

The Sixth Leaf

Soon after I graduated from college, I  (very unexpectedly) took a position as youth minister at a local church.   Some of the sweet girls in the youth group gave me a plant for my desk (apparently not knowing of the great likelihood that in doing so, they were...

For My Daughter

I’ve been writing letters to my daughter since she was born.  They are in a nicely-bound book on a shelf, ready for her to read one day when she is much older and will appreciate the open window into her mother’s mind.  Most of them are private, but a few...

Gasping

Lately, it has begun the minute I get up in the morning.  I turn on my iPod for background music as I wipe away the bleary-eyed remnants of sleep, attempting to get my head and my thoughts in the right place.  It’s worship music – instrumental or vocal...

Sleep In Peace

This is another of the posts I wrote during my last trip to Belize.  If you would like to read more about my experiences in Central America, you may click here.   Yesterday we had the privilege of serving alongside our Belizean friends. During our week together,...