Dear God, ‘About God’ | Part 2 of 2
Dear God,
I’m back! So how did I get started on this? Recently I got a note from a friend who ‘named’ you several ways. She referred to you as the Eternal One, Read the rest of this entry »
Telling the Truth
connecting the dots of my life
Tag: Relationships
January 8, 2015
January 7, 2015
Dear God, About ‘God’ | Part 1
Dear God,
I hope you’re not offended. I’ve been thinking about your name. Sort of like I thought about Mother’s name, and decided to go with something else. Not because she isn’t Mother to me. She’s the only Mother I’ll ever have. So yes, she deserves the capitalized version: Mother. Not just mother. Read the rest of this entry »
January 6, 2015
About You and Human Trafficking | Truth #3 of 3
Truth #3 – Ultimately, the battle against human trafficking is God’s battle, not ours.
This may sound easy, yet it’s precisely where I find myself struggling to stay on track. Here are three things I sometimes forget.
First, I can’t expect God to launch a one-way God campaign against human trafficking.
True, it’s God’s battle, not ours. But think about God, Moses and the Hebrew slaves. Deliverance from slavery didn’t happen until Moses and the Hebrew slaves did their part. The table was set, but the Hebrew slaves and Moses had to get moving. Read the rest of this entry »
January 4, 2015
About You and Human Trafficking | Truth #1
Did you know it’s National Slavery and Human Trafficking Prevention Month?* For the last five years I’ve worked as an educator, speaker and volunteer in this area. At first I felt overwhelmed by the complexity of this global reality. Yet in the end, it isn’t overwhelming.
Why not? Read the rest of this entry »
December 31, 2014
A Toast to Diane
Diane, 1954?
And to sisterly conversations. My Number One Unplanned Series. Early last July, I decided to engage Diane in sisterly conversations. Read the rest of this entry »
December 30, 2014
Toasting the Blame Documents
Leftovers. Sometimes they’re wonderful. Then there are the other times. They just sit there in the refrigerator waiting for me to do something with them. In reviewing my blog posts this past year, I couldn’t overlook unfinished business I still have with my father.
It isn’t as though I’ve been twiddling my thumbs. Read the rest of this entry »
December 24, 2014
in bleak midwinter
in bleak midwinter
red lights flash chaos men shout
dead on arrival
* * *
winter 1965
icy stormy
dangerous Read the rest of this entry »
December 19, 2014
What can I say? – Part 2 | Dear Diane
Your description of life after you got a vent is beyond painful. I wonder what would happen if this letter—this epistle from Diane—were read from the pulpit in church this Sunday? Or any Sunday? Read the rest of this entry »
December 18, 2014
Coded Language
Powerful, Moving
Ambiguous, Interpretive
Heard, Hidden
Stripped, Caged
Imprisoned, Locked
Unheard, Unknown
Screaming, Silent Read the rest of this entry »
Telling the Truth 