Weekend Reflection: Declare

Mojave Desert. February, 2007. The heavens are telling of the glory of God;And their expanse is declaring the work of His hands. Psalm 19:1 (NASB) Shhh. It’s the weekend. Remove your shoes and step into the stillness. Stopy by Sandra Heska King’s place for Still Saturday.  Then stop by Lisha Epperson’s Give me Grace. Join us? We saved room just for you. […]


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Another River, Another Prayer

The Ocean Calls Her Rivers Home. Oregon, 2014.  Another Thin Place Does fresh water, running towards the sea, stretch a place thin*?  I’ve written before (more than once) about Laity Lodge and the tranquility that inhabits the air on the campus along the banks of the Frio river.  Last week, my husband and I visited Oregon to watch […]


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Weekend Reflection: Play is Promised

Sawyer and Cadence. April 11, 2014. Then the word of the Lord of hosts came, saying, 2 “Thus says the Lord of hosts, ‘I am exceedingly jealous for Zion, yes, with great wrath I am jealous for her.’ 3 Thus says the Lord, ‘I will return to Zion and will dwell in the midst of Jerusalem. Then Jerusalem will be called the City of Truth, and […]


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Weekend Reflection: Like a River (Fathers)

McKenzie River, Seen From Eagle Rock Lodge. Vida, Oregon. June 2014. A Father Rolls Through A good father, a father like my father, runs clear through the landscape of his children’s lives.  Just beyond this unexpected bend, he’s a calming, deep pool: a safe place to reflect, to cleanse. From churning turbulence, he creates power. A good father, a […]


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One Precocious Misfit

  On the Road Again I can still remember the name of my first Sunday School teacher, Mrs. Carston. I can still remember my first service in “big” church. It might have been Mother’s Day, and I was four or so. My mother held the hymnal down low and traced her index finger under each […]


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