When Love Wins

When Love Wins

                          I was moved to tears as I walked toward the rally. Seeing a street I travel often by car suddenly filled with bumper-to-bumper cars as well as an equal number of people...
Put Down Your Stones

Put Down Your Stones

  The playground is filled with children. Swinging. Jumping rope. Playing tag. Shooting hoops. Life is good on this particular school day……………until someone gets hurt. Seriously injured. Someone has taken a game of kick ball too far...
Because There Are Really Only Two Places To Turn In A Valley

Because There Are Really Only Two Places To Turn In A Valley

  I remember too well the hours sitting in waiting rooms as Nick had yet another MRI, another brain surgery, another chemo treament. I remember the days and nights in those first few months after he passed away and how I hung on to one small thread of Hope...
“Bee” Careful

“Bee” Careful

The sugary scent of Sprite must have lured him to the can. Unaware of how close he was to a fatal swat, he lingered, soaking up every bit of sweetness he could find. I had no reason to hurt him. I was really in his world anyway. Outside, I feel a bee has a few more...
Finding Jesus in the Crumbs

Finding Jesus in the Crumbs

What did it feel like? Twelve disciples Five loaves of bread Two Fish 5,000 hungry men and who knows how many hungry women and children Some estimate the crowd numbered over 15,000 On their own, these men had a big problem. Daylight was ending and the crowd needed...