Real Love

It’s hard. Pretend seems so much more attractive, but in the long run I think it might take more energy . . emotional, mental, spiritual. Like a frown takes more muscles than a smile. There are so many words for it. Authentic. Genuine. I can’t think of...
Sowing

Sowing

Van Gogh’s The Harvest and my inspiration You, Who gives seed to the sower, give me faith to scatter. I till the soil of young hearts, some still tender. Others already rocky with the disillusionment of time and experience. The grit and...
Perfect Plans

Perfect Plans

Saturday I hosted an (in)Real Life meetup . . well kinda. You know, the one I’ve been planning, posting, and Facebooking about for a month now. The one I talked to all my friends about, invited the ladies from my Bible study to, announced in church. The one I prayed...
Resignation’s Vision

Resignation’s Vision

life’s messy has a way of surprisingan unexpected gust of windand there goes my neatly ordered lifelike so many pieces of paperwhooshaaaaaah!now what?(sigh)flying things are prettyas they start to settleI see new possibilitiesfind deeper hopeand give thanksfor...
Quotes to Ponder

Quotes to Ponder

“We are hungry for authenticity and vulnerability, not churchified life hacks from lady magazines. Some of us are drowning, suffocating, dying of thirst for want of the cold water of real community. We’re trying really hard – after all, we keep...
Sing

Sing

They sing in the dark. Pitch. Night as far as one would know.  Bright celestial orb still tucked deep behind east mountain blankets. What makes them sing?Could it be hope? The sun rose yesterday, might it again today?Sweet song invitation. Whistling sonnet. A...

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