Ralph Maysin@ralphmays writingThis commitment to authenticity and vulnerability, its been hard recently.This afternoon, I ran into an old friend at Starbucks. She asked how I’d been, and I practiced the hard. I trudged through the shame, and…Apr 19, 2016Apr 19, 2016
Ralph Maysin@ralphmays writingwhen the carnival lights go outthere were carnival lights behind your eyes and I remember the wonder inside as I begged to ride on the ferris wheel we were my ferris…Apr 12, 2016Apr 12, 2016
Ralph Maysin@ralphmays writingi’m learning to view death through the lenses of redemptive Grace, a God-moment where heaven leans…yes, ashes to ashes and dust to dust, but the in-betweens that make this truth more cyclical than linear are what inspire my hope and…Mar 21, 2016Mar 21, 2016
Ralph Maysin@ralphmays writingIm carrying more then I should.Im scared of who we’re becoming and the bombs dropping too close to home.Mar 12, 2016Mar 12, 2016
Ralph Maysin@ralphmays writingIt is on afternoons like this oneThat I feel like a jigsaw puzzle,Mar 9, 2016Mar 9, 2016
Ralph Maysin@ralphmays writingThese are ethereal dreams, The sugar glass shatters into a million fragments That crash over me.Sep 13, 2015Sep 13, 2015
Ralph Maysin@ralphmays writingBeing purposeful about cultivating an environment of love creates space for experiencing…I can’t quite pinpoint when this happened, I think it was slowly at first, and then all at once, but life became so much more fulfilling…Aug 21, 2015Aug 21, 2015
Ralph Maysin@ralphmays writingJesus hung out with outcasts and sinners because they weren’t pretending to be anything other than…Christians who tell each other the truth. Christians who confess our sins and forgive our enemies. Christians who embrace our neighbors…Jun 7, 2015Jun 7, 2015