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Sitting here at the 10:15 service on Easter morning, the last in the Easter Week Celebration at our church (Life on the Vine Christian Community), I feel like I’ve lost Easter again this year. I put on a spring dress this morning, green for new life. It’s the least I can do. I have a…
I Peter 1:18-19  It was not with perishable things such as silver or gold that you were redeemed from the empty way of life handed down to you from your forefathers, but with the preciuos blood of Christ, a lamb without blemish or defect. All week long I have had this scripture in my concious…
Psalm 34:8 Taste and see that the LORD is good; blessed is the one who takes refuge in him. Sitting by the lake with my granola bar and my half decaf/half hot water/extra milk/two Splenda coffee God reminds of something I already know. He’s like that when we pay attention. He likes to speak to…
It’s been a hard week with my dad. Dementia is a wicked thing. The grace in the day was spending time in at my quiet lake, meditating on Psalm 27:4-6- seeking his face, gazing on his beauty, finding myself safe in his shelter and the ability to sing and make music to the Lord. because if…
Psalm 42 has long been a favorite of mine. Over the years, this is where I go when “my soul is cast down”. A couple weeks ago I paraphrased Psalm 42:1 in my own words. (CLICK HERE.) As I continued spending time in this short Psalm, I was taken with verse 8. And well, I…
We just returned from two weeks in Florida, watching the early morning sunrises off the Atlantic Coast. March of 2008, we also spent time on the Gulf coast of Florida and experienced the evening sunset each day. Oh God, Nothing says “rejoice†like a glorious sunrise and peaceful sunset. And it all “happens†by Your…
Psalm 42:1 As the deer longs for the water, so my soul longs for you, O God. As I meditate on this scripture, I begin to think of the things I long for, the things that make my heart ache if I go too long without them. I start to make a list. As a…
Psalm 143:8 Let the morning bring me word of your unfailing love, for I have put my trust in you. Show me the way I should go, for to you I entrust my life.  Yesterday the gentle breeze blew the ripples on top of the water to the northeast. Today the wind blows them to the southeast. Lord, let my life…
I notice the deep footprints in wet sand And how fast they disappear A few waves . . . And all evidence is gone. And I wonder . . . Did they really exist if I can’t see them now? But I know they were there I have pictures taken on a beach on March…
Linking with Diana Trautwein (Just Wondering ) for the conclusion of  “Living the Questions” Series.  This week the question is “What do I do with all the hard/weird stuff in the Bible.”   I am with Diana on this – even though there is hard/weird stuff in the Bible,  I am willing to let the hard…