Friend, Do What You Came For.

Friend, Do What You Came For.

When Jesus was in the Garden of Gethsemane, He was desperate to stay alive. Full of "sorrow to the point of death," he prayed for the bitter cup of crucifixion to pass from him. He begged his disciples to stay with Him. But, instead, they fell asleep, exhausted from...

A Place To Pray

A Place To Pray

I pray here, there and everywhere. I pray in bed staring up at the ceiling. I pray at 2 a.m., looking at the blue numbers on the digital clock. I pray in the carpool lane, especially on rainy days. Tears on my windshield washing it clean away. The cobwebs, the...

Living Room Magic Show, Sweet Everlasting Life

Living Room Magic Show, Sweet Everlasting Life

When I was little, I wanted my life to be just like the Little Rascals. I loved the Our Gang Follies when Darla, Alfalfa and the gang performed musical spoofs. It was so entertaining! When I dreamed of having children of my own, I knew I wanted to have a house that...

How To Win Through Surrender

How To Win Through Surrender

{ We are just four people who like to make music together and thus...pass on a piece of God's love. -- La Diju } For nearly 30 years, I have loved the song No Surrender by Bruce Springsteen. Well, now young faces grow sad and old And hearts of fire grow cold We swore...

Child’s Easter Drawing Jesus Is My Gud Shepherd

Child’s Easter Drawing Jesus Is My Gud Shepherd

Happy Easter, everybody! Here's some artwork Sully drew for Easter. He's sounding out his words, so this year, Jesus is my "gud" shepherd. This was a first for me -- an Easter egg pinata. We spotted this on our walk this evening through the neighborhood. Happy Easter!...

Why Has Generation X Left the Church?

Why Has Generation X Left the Church?

I was so lost I should have died But You have brought me to Your side To be led by Your staff and rod And to be call a lamb of God --from Paris and Lamb of God Richard Beck, an associate professor of experimental psychology at Abilene Christian University, has a blog,...

Where Is God?

Where Is God?

There have been days when I thought God was dead. Thought he'd abandoned me in my moments of despair. During most of these moments I was enduring the earthly consequences of our own bad choices. It comes down to this: We fought when we should have surrendered. We...

8 Lessons from the Book of Numbers

8 Lessons from the Book of Numbers

For several weeks I’ve been camped out in lessons from the Book of Numbers. I’ve read the entire book over and over again, especially the first three chapters, which is, well, a bunch of numbers, and I’ve learned so much! Lessons From the Book of Numbers 1. When...

Cherishing My Daughter: Saint Super Bridgy

This is my little Saint Super Bridgy. Look how special she is! The light just darts out of her and winds its way into all my dark memories. Every love unrequited (believe me, they weren't all romantic) - every disappointment, big and large - all of it fades away at...

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