It’s my 50th birthday today! I know I’m weird, but I celebrate it with great JOY. There just comes a time when you need to pick your flowers. This day feels like a warm, golden medal draped over the heart after a half century of difficult living – it’s finally safe to trust life Read more…
The Blessing of Friends
You can kiss your family and friends good-bye and put miles between you, but at the same time you carry them with you in your heart, your mind, your stomach, because you do not just live in a world but a world lives in you. – Frederick Buechner, Telling the Truth At a very painful Read more…
God Shows Off
The other morning I woke up in my new life to find an astounding sight just floating up the canyon. Simple clouds rambling their way upstream. I’m convinced that God creates Beauty just to give us Joy. And sometimes, when no one else is looking, He sends special gifts to remind us that we’re not Read more…
BEAUTIFUL ENDINGS
New Year’s Eve is a sweet reminder to savor the colors of the moment. That life was meant for change. New seasons were meant to come. Perhaps the brightness of the fading foretells a future that only God can grow: beyond our wildest imaginings. Thank you Lord for all this year contained. And for all Read more…