Good morning... Interactive. One of the best things about our written word ministry is her interactive nature. I prayerfully listen for God's subtle movement. I sense a fresh smidgen of Holy Spirit wisdom. With God I craft a morning message, then I press "send" to reach out to you. You read and receive at your convenience. You prayerfully ponder, [...]
Good morning... I touched "Read more" to experience the first blog posted on my brand new site. It took me straight to a blank page bearing these words: "Oops, This Page Could Not Be Found." My soul smiled and shook her head, "Nothing new is easy." “Only God could say what this new spirit gradually forming within you will [...]
Good morning... Words I wrote last winter, pre-programmed again in May, and re-posted again this summer, minister to me now. "The definition of holiness–in a nutshell–means being set apart to purity, to be like God,” says blogger Shana Schutte. “And the result of holiness, of God transforming us to make us more like Him, is outrageous joy, amazing peace, [...]
"I trust that God is at work in me. I feel His presence. I sense God changing me, softening my heart." She continued, "But trusting that God is also at work in other people, that's my biggest challenge." By nature, we want to save and to fix, to make peace and to control. It is hard for us to [...]
Sometimes we live too up-close to people. We hang on the bumper of our loved ones, directing. We hang on the bumper of our enemies, raging. Enmeshed, we try to fix, save, change each other. Tailgating, we engender co-dependency, an intensely emotional form of loving and hating. Given a slight break in life's bumper to bumper traffic, a truck [...]
Good morning... “Linger” has always been one of my favorite words. Inviting and multifaceted, to linger means to remain in a place longer than expected. To pass time, waiting, in a leisurely way. To persist, although gradually dying, ceasing, disappearing. To stroll, shuffle, stick around. To tarry, trudge, traipse. To dwell, dawdle, dillydally. Linger is slow not fast. Linger [...]
Good morning... Every year I gift words from my school-year blogs to Northside Church, where I am the Women's Ministry Director, and the Creative Arts department creates for our community an online summertime devotional. For June, July, and August my messages are recycled in a new order, given a title, and adorned with beautiful cover art. This year's devotional [...]
Good morning... Today I wake to the perfect "Verse of the Day" from Bible Gateway, the online site that helps me to treasure hunt for companioning Scriptures for each of my morning messages. May the God who gives endurance and encouragement give you the same attitude of mind toward each other that Christ Jesus had, so that with one [...]
Good morning... Late last month, I sent out an email to inner circle friends who had been a part of Julie Harlan's celebration of life service. May 2nd was the one month anniversary of Julie's passing from cancer, so I decided to host in my home a lunch for Julie's spiritual friends who have become like family to one [...]
Good morning... I sensed God concluding yesterday's message with this deep desire: "Connected to our Creator, I want me, the real me, and you, the real you, to mature into the unique people God is coaxing us to be." This concept had expanded from an vivid picture of the lasting mother/child bond painted on Mother's Day morn to a [...]
