One year ago today, I wrote this piece about Harvard. How can it be that it has been 1 1/2 years since he went away? Exactly six months ago, my bestest friend went home to be with Jesus. Knowing the gracious, beautiful heart of Jesus makes me think that He is probably incredibly happy having … Continue reading Harvard
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A Dizzying Delight in Jesus
“Faster! Faster!” Girlish shrieks fill the still September evening. Flashes of hard yellow were mingled with flowing, soft colors. The division of earth and sky was lost. All was one. “Open your eyes, Rach! Look at the clouds!” “I can’t! I’m too dizzy!” Sputters of conversation blurred with the motion. Laughter flowed from the … Continue reading A Dizzying Delight in Jesus
Grandpa
Jesus, You restore my soul. It is well with my soul, only because of You. This past Wednesday, my grandpa went home to be with Jesus. It is surreal to think that never again will we see his twinkly eyes and ever-present smile. Never again will he give those hard, tight hugs that squeezed … Continue reading Grandpa
The Presence of God-For Today, Not Just In Eternity
One day this life is going to be finished, ended, run out. It will be over. Completed. The end will be the beginning. We will finally see Jesus. It couldn’t possibly ever get better than that. Except for the fact that we will be spending the rest of our eternal lives in His presence, … Continue reading The Presence of God-For Today, Not Just In Eternity
Dream Jesus’ Dreams
“Jesus, restore her broken dreams….” These were the words prayed over me last week by one of the dearest women in my life. And for someone who can count on one hand the times I’ve really cried in the past 1 ½ years, those words caused the water to run from my eyes. That simple … Continue reading Dream Jesus’ Dreams
For You
“Look at the cross! That’s how much God loved you.” We hear this expressed—often. Sometimes helpful, sometimes not so much. Yes, the cross is the most vivid, true evidence of the great, extravagant, undeserved love of Jesus to sinners. But the cross isn’t the only way God loves us. He loved us before the cross … Continue reading For You
Nearing the End of This Race
Reaching. Stretching. Straining. Dreaming. Dancing. Running. That last flat line before rounding the final curve. End pressing in. Time falling faster. Breath coming harder. Track disappearing beneath moving feet. Blurred motion. Blowing hair. Do more. Be more. Give more. It’s the almost-but-not-quite. The here-but-not-yet. Holding and letting go. Close enough to touch and taste. Almost … Continue reading Nearing the End of This Race
Exploring the Mysteries of the Gospel as Fellow Travelers
We miss so much God when we devalue the creation made in his image—Imago Dei. Goodness, life is a giant soup pot of mess, nastiness, stink. But it is also in this melting pot that so much beauty, worth, value, and life is found. Possibly, might could be found—if one is just willing to look … Continue reading Exploring the Mysteries of the Gospel as Fellow Travelers
Autumn {or the weight of glory in a thousand scattered beams}
Arms on the windowsill. Night sounds being funneled through the screen like cream through a cheesecloth. A full moon that looks more like an almost-ripe pumpkin than the golden orb it actually is. Tears falling from eyes. Cicadas singing a thousand variations of the same lullaby. Leaves silently releasing their hold on branches that have … Continue reading Autumn {or the weight of glory in a thousand scattered beams}
Burnout: Emergency Brakes Required
I never thought I’d be here, and yet, here I am. Just one pull of the emergency breaks between a screeching stop in front of the edge of the cliff and a full-on, head-first fall over the same mountain. Sadly, I began to write about this topic in January (just never posted it), but have … Continue reading Burnout: Emergency Brakes Required
Down Here Looking Up 