It's been three months since I wrote my first blog about The Atheist I Love. https://championsofdestiny.com/the-atheist-i-love/ A lot can happen in three months... can't it, Lord? Even in three days. Like Easter weekend. My atheist friend went to church with his believing wife. On Easter morning. It was a special anniversary in their decades-long married...
How could I have ever hoped to connect with her, Lord? One particular woman? LinkedIn is the world's largest professional network, with over 546 million users in more than 200 countries and territories. Its vision? "Create economic opportunity for every member of the global workforce." https://about.linkedin.com/ And at least some of those 546 million users...
So many precious gifts from You this Holy Week, Lord! Why am I not surprised another would arrive on Easter morning? In the form of a wounded baby rabbit, lying at our front door. We were about to leave for church. To celebrate Your Resurrection with other brothers and sisters who love You. And there...
It has become her favorite day of the month. The day when You show up, Lord... in ways she has never experienced before. Why? How? It's simple... isn't it, Lord? Only because You have made it so. "I have loved you with an everlasting Love. I have drawn you with Unfailing Kindness." (Jeremiah 31:3) "Come near...
My heart is heavy today, Lord. A friend is leaving tomorrow morning. Returning to his home far away. Two months earlier than normal. His wife became ill and was already flown there by medical transport. It's unclear how much longer she may have. He has significant medical issues of his own. I'm sorry about the...
We were gathered in a comfortable living room. Seventeen of us in all. Pressed together on comfy couches and window seats. Spilling over onto chairs with overstuffed pillows or hard wooden slats. Standing Room Only. Except we weren't standing. :) Actually, we weren't really sitting either; at least, our spirits weren't. They were on bended...
I couldn't shake her, Lord... and I didn't want to. It was Skippy, our precious Baby. Soft and purr-y. Cuddled with me, closer than my next breath. Curled up by my ribcage... or by my feet. All evening long. Then, all night long. She must have missed her Mommy-cat. We had been gone the night...
It's happening right now... isn't it, Lord? The God-encounter for this Son-day's post. I had been praying since I first woke up this morning, "What do You want me to write about today, Lord? What encounter have we had this past week that could give others Hope?" I remember the fleeting thought that flew through my...
Her email appeared in my inbox last Sunday night. No subject line. A name I didn't recognize. How many such emails have I deleted, Lord, in these days of hackers sending viruses to crash the hard drives of the unsuspecting? It is only by Your grace that I opened this one, Lord. A Very Special...
I was told to expect 250. Far fewer came. More than I could count on two hands... but not much more. The precise number You had hand-picked to be there, Lord. The perfect number. The event organizer came to me as we were about to start. Concern and disappointment lined her face. I couldn't help...
