The Blind Will Receive Sight
And Jesus answered them, “Go and tell John what you hear and see: the blind receive their sight and the lame walk, lepers are cleansed and the deaf hear, and...
Admit It . . .
Ten months ago I felt a slight pain in my left shoulder. I ignored it as I figured with time it would eventually get better. It did improve over the...
Stone Piles
Four years ago, we moved our family to SE Asia. With kids aged nine, six and three, we boarded a snow covered plane in Raleigh, North Carolina and landed twenty-four...
Stay for a Coffee
One of the first things I learned about French culture is that it is sloooow. If a culture has a love language, the love language of the French is unmistakably...
The Two Dreams that Taught Me the Invitational Heart of God
I was casually walking down the aisle of a bookstore in Asia when a picture leapt off the cover of a book. It was my own children!...
A Command Invitation
Our garage had become the storage space for all of the family stuff. We were the ones who lived in the same house for more than 25 years so naturally...
Creating Space for God {The Grove: Practices}
My journal is laced with longings. Longings to love like Jesus. Longings for the fruit of the Spirit to be the foundation of my attitudes and deeds....
Let Music do the Praying For You
I used to sing in the car to myself, to my babies, to the sky. In our “before Ireland” days, I’d wake up with the sun to drive my husband...
To Catch a Kingfisher {The Grove: Prayer}
Prayer Is Like Watching For the Kingfisher: A Poem by Ann Lewin Prayer is like watching for The kingfisher. All you can do is...
The Life-Changing Magic of Praying For Salsa
My word for 2016 was SALSA. I know – not exactly a deep, soulful, year-centering word. But for me, it was a relief, a release of emotion...
