With legs stretched out before me, I watch as the waves crash onto the sand, ever closer as time goes by. The baby seagull waits, patiently, knowing that the rolling foam shall soon retreat to the ocean. As it does, she rushes to dig into the wet sand in search of her afternoon snack. The boundary of the ocean drew closer and closer, but baby seagull instinctively knows it: It can only go so far. There is hardly a place on Earth where I feel God’s presence more than at the beach. It may be Continue Reading
What If My Best Isn’t Enough? {Recharge Wednesday LINKUP}
More than a writer, I’m a thinker. My brain is constantly active- digging, absorbing, sorting, putting together, observing, etc. Etc. As a thinker, I like details. I like to organize them all and fit them together to create a big, powerful picture. I love making points that lead up to a concept that sticks. And I suppose, as a writer, that’s a good thing. But sometimes, my best writing is my simplest. Sometimes, my best…anything…is simple. My best worship is often a single lyric Continue Reading
Book Review: The Quest Study Bible – Five Stars!
Why would children have to pay for the sins of their ancestors? Why did Moab have to be destroyed? Why would Egyptians speak Hebrew, the language of Cannan? The longer I dig into the insightful tools of the new NIV Quest Study Bible, the more excited I get. I received an email from BibleGateway, inviting me and several other bloggers who are part of the BibleGateway blogger grid to review Zondevan’s new Study Bible. I read the email, and thought, “Why not?” A study Bible nerd, I could Continue Reading
Expect God-things to Happen {Recharge Wednesday LINKUP}
Expect? Yes, I expect from many sources. I hold expectations in my marriage. Or, for dreams to exceed my expectations. For employers to love my skills. And for readers to relate to my writing. Perhaps you expect in your life, too. However, I confess: Believing for the divine to occur every day is not easy for me. Because the concept is hard for humans to wrap our heads around. You see, we live and operate in the flesh, in the natural world. Supernatural stuff only seems right for the Continue Reading
Remembering 9-11 – Tragedy Changes Everything {The Atlanta Journal Constitution}
Sept. 11, 2001. I had just sat down at my desk after battling rush hour Atlanta traffic before getting to the office. I was sorting through my emails when I heard a commotion outside my office, but I did not bother to look up from the computer screen. It wasn't until a co-worker stopped at my door, her face pale as a ghost, that I stopped what I was doing. "Come. An airplane flew into the Twin Towers." I jumped to my feet and joined her as we rushed to the conference room, which was full of Continue Reading
Blind to God’s Purpose in the Storm {Recharge Wednesday LINKUP}
A father loses his job. Again. An airplane falls, killing a loved one. A young mother loses her baby. A fire assails a home where a couple and their three young children sleep. The children escape, but their mother dies. Hurricane Dorian devastates the beautiful Bahamas, leaving a pathway of death, loss and unimaginable pain behind. “I don’t understand the purpose in this. Do you?” A dear friend asked me this very question recently. This sweet and godly woman has gone through unimaginable Continue Reading
