A View of Easter

For me, Easter 2024 looks very different. There are no excited children bounding out of bed to see what the Easter Bunny may have left for them. There is no Easter ham sitting in the refrigerator waiting to be baked for a delicious meal with family and friends. There are no Easter eggs filled with… Continue reading A View of Easter

Slamming Doors and Deafening Silence

We’ve all seen it. Businesses shuttered, never to reopen.Restaurants darkened, never to have the lights turned back on.Entertainment venues empty, never to be filled. Doors of opportunity, once open and welcome to all, now forever closed.The noise of commerce, community, and communion once loud and clear, now silenced.Each one of these representing a dream, a… Continue reading Slamming Doors and Deafening Silence

Psalm 151

I know what you’re thinking: There are only 150 psalms in the Bible.  And you’d be 100% correct. This psalm, however, isn’t in the Bible. It’s in my blog. (and, in all likelihood, linked to Facebook) The psalms are God’s songbook. The psalms were the songs the ancient Israelites sang during times of joyous celebration,… Continue reading Psalm 151

Indiscriminate

Death does not discriminate. NEITHER SHOULD GRIEF. There I sat, with an arrow of truth piercing my heart. It was the beginning of the sermon, but for the next 30 minutes, I hardly heard anything else. Those words sucker-punched my psyche, revealing a truth about myself I had denied far too long. And if racism… Continue reading Indiscriminate

An Angel on Aisle 1

God has met me in some very interesting places. I’ve encountered Him at Target, seen Him dressed as Santa Claus, and chatted with Him over a chai latte at Dunkin Donuts. But today, He was waiting for me in the vestibule of Trader Joe’s. My mom and I had headed to Trader Joe’s for my… Continue reading An Angel on Aisle 1

Tsunami Warning

There are some movies I can watch over and over and never grow tired of. The Impossible is not one of those movies. Aside from the freakishly gory leg injury Maria Belon suffered in the surging floodwaters, this movie touches those parts of my psyche that I prefer to keep safely tucked away under layer… Continue reading Tsunami Warning