New Things

Look! I’m doing a new thing;
now it sprouts up; don’t you recognize it?
I’m making a way in the desert,
paths in the wilderness. –Isaiah 43:19 CEB

Not Quite Homecoming

Two months ago, my husband and I went to the Holy Land with a group of young clergy. It was an eye opening experience that has continued to bless me since we have returned. Something unexpected happened when I was there. I had a distinct impression of returning to somewhere familiar.

Deep Mire

Save me, O God,

for the waters have come up to my neck.
I sink in deep mire,
where there is no foothold;
I have…

Saints and Hope

Another of the saints has gone on to glory.

There is a sign in front of the Baptist church on my road. Both sides can be changed to have different messages. This past week, the words go something like: every sinner has a future, and every saint has a past. I don’t always…

Be Creative

It has taken me a while to come to terms with the fact that I am creative. I didn’t think that I was very creative when I was a child. I would watch my mother and my sister, and see their style of creativity, and think: I can never do that. My mother and my sister have creative styles that are…