Thin Places
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Like weary passengers on a ship after a long, grueling voyage, we can spot the shore of 2021 from here. In the throes of 2020’s shakings, many of us yearn for exit routes as we cast hopes like anchors into … Continue reading
Elisabet
The weight of Decision
No platitudes satisfy after a storm No Hallmark cards for devastation No words truly hold a heart freshly torn It all feels like empty placation But there is the presence of someone we love Hope and healing flow from their … Continue reading
Twenty Twenty
Here we are, in the month dedicated to giving thanks, in a year determined to shake the whole world. How do we straddle both? It’s an honest question. Would you ponder it with me? Then let’s mount the back of … Continue reading
I See You
“Set the timer for 60 minutes and do not stop till the timer goes off. Ask God to give you a glimpse of what the Lamb of God endured for you in order to take away your sin.” Such are … Continue reading
Wrestling Into Embrace
Maybe it’s your spouse. Maybe your lifelong friend. Or your parent or your child, your coworker, your boss — but there’s this one area where you find yourself trapped in a loop of unresolved tension… It happens again. Somewhere mid-conversation, … Continue reading
Compassion Fatigue
Empty-handed I come to these healing waters. It’s been a long, strenuous journey. At first, familiar adrenaline energized my gait and disguised the exhaustion, but gradually, the pace began to sag till I arrived here in a slump. Like oil … Continue reading
The Exclusion Monster
On her childhood playground she watches the other children play. An impenetrable wall separates her from them, but she doesn’t know why. In her eyes they are one huddled organism, an exoskeleton with its armored back against her. On the … Continue reading
The Ancient Path
I exercise just enough to satisfy my doctor at my yearly visits. But when I do, I prefer a ballet barre, because I’ve always loved a good plié. When I focus on leaning into it with the right technique, something … Continue reading
Troll Hunting
That area we go to great lengths to avoid – that’s where He now takes me. I didn’t just casually leave it, I slammed the door to all my ferocious fears and bolted as far and fast as I could… … Continue reading
Never Again
(Photo credit: Alex Perez, Unsplash) Never again will the waves of destruction rip me into their swirling tides of terror. Chaos. Fear. Confusion. Alone. Clinging to driftwood that falls apart in my hands, being pulled deeper into the dark, further … Continue reading