Yesterday, Lord, You sent me to our little church... to walk around it and pray. I -- and others -- have been grieving for this small congregation. Watching its membership dwindle. Watching the concerns for its very survival rise like a flood tide. Before I started my prayer walk, I asked You to help me pray as...
Was it just yesterday, Lord, that the number 10,000 was so much on my mind? And my body??? :) I had no sooner uploaded my blog, "10,000 TONS," when I had to do a double-take. I had turned to the devotional guiding my 40-day season of prayer and fasting... and read this quote by A.W....
The soft weight of the blanket of sleep that pinned me down last night... before I ever got the chance to blog. The hard weight of the once-in-a-lifetime feat I had accomplished -- survived?! -- just the day before. The spreading of gravel -- by hand, with rake and shovel -- on our badly-eroded mountain driveway. 10,000 TONS of gravel......
What a terrible place to be, Lord: Anyplace You are not present. I saw a documentary today by that name: "When God Left the Building." It was about a church building. Not just one, but many. Right here in our nation. The landscape of "organized" church is changing. This film referenced the rise of a...
It was just a free webinar. All about successfully engaging new clients. What could be problematic about this topic? It wasn't the topic itself. It was the direction the teaching was going. The worldly appetites that were being encouraged... ... ever-so-subtly. Then, the Free Bonus Offer. Just sign up for the more in-depth training and receive...
Maybe I'm like... ... a 3-year-old filly approaching Churchill's starting gate, thrilled to put all that training to work in a race that will be over in minutes. ... a NASCAR driver in the pole position in the Daytona 500, revving my engines and awaiting the green flag in a race that will last only hours. ... a long-distance runner determined to...
I don't have a "Bucket List." Thanks to You, Lord, I have forever to go to exotic places and do adventuresome things! Like You did after the Resurrection! "... when the disciples were together, with the doors locked for fear of the Jewish leaders, Jesus came and stood among them and said, 'Peace be with you!'"...
I don't know his name... but You do, Lord. I don't know his pain... but You do, Lord. I don't know his way out... but You do, Lord. You ARE The Way. And on some deep level, he knows it. That's why he cried out to You, in his wilderness, when he was at the...
Personified??? Well, technically, Skippy is not a person. She is our Baby... but she's our kitty, too. So would she be "Focus Kitty-fied"? :) Yesterday, she reminded me of Snoopy. The cartoon creation of Charles Schulz. Only one of Snoopy's poses, actually. Vulture Snoopy. :) The Consummate Predator. Sitting on his dog house, looking down....
What if I had not lost my childhood innocence at age 9? What if I had not stopped my abuser with a hot iron to his face? What if I had not worked so hard to get good grades, to prove I really was worth something? What if I had agreed with my high school...
