Tag: faithfulness

  • More Than Enough

    More Than Enough

    I’ve been taking my Marshall Bluetooth speaker outside with me in the morning to care for the yard. This is my birthday month and I become quiet and contemplative in October. Visions of my previous selves floated by as I sat on the deck. Honestly, just thinking of all the past versions of myself and…

  • Walking the Hood

    Walking the Hood

    Hello October and I’ve been waiting for you all year. You could surmise that this year, I flipped the script on how I want to live my life, even though I felt it shift last year. I was outdoors minimally this summer with just three plants in pots that required watering. Last summer showed me…

  • Good Orderly Direction

    Good Orderly Direction

    Over the weekend, I walked through a fine example of how God shows off in my life. When people suggest listening to that ‘still small voice’, you can trust it. I pulled the stool up to my typewriter, inserted paper and began typing a letter to a friend. It was late Saturday morning, but the…

  • Don’t Lose Heart

    Don’t Lose Heart

    The first time I saw Steven Curtis Chapman was over 20 years ago in a video of his song, Dive, which you can view here. It was playing in a church I was attending, right before someone was going to be baptized. They had a pool inside this church the size and shape of a…

  • Butting Heads With God

    Butting Heads With God

    I wasn’t sure when I’d show back up here, but today seems like a good day to return. Since the first day of the new year I’ve been sick, but two weeks later, I can actually form a coherent thought! I’m never sick, so having this lingering illness that refuses to leave is foreign for…