I saw the word "mighty," and my mind flashed more than ten years and many thousands miles back to a small plane, suspended in air over Lake Victoria in a lightening storm. Yes. A big one. Thunder is especially loud when it is all around you. And lightening flashes particularly bright right beside you. And, the lake below? Well, I didn't look down. Deep breaths. That's what I kept ...
Faith
Trusting the God who goes AND stays
The freezer is stocked. Casseroles and quick meals enough to make pizza more of an entertaining outing than a necessity. The laundry is on its way...to fill their closets and my suitcase. School assignments are typed up and ready to be completed. My dining room table is filled with things for women and for orphans and for a long trek from here to there. I just have to pack it ...
FMF: Joy.
I remember the pitch black of an early African morning, heading out to "hunt" with friends in Masai Mara, looking for leopards, rhinos and a lot of adventure. The chill of the morning kept my eyes open, and I saw it. The sun rose like I never imagined. Not with a streak of light on the horizon like I'd seen so many times, but one enormous red ball all at once, an orb of fire suspended in the ...
When the edges start to crumble…
I roll the pastry dough thinner, thinner. So soft and supple, elastic. It stretches into an ever widening circle until it can stretch no farther. The edge crack, break open and refuse to be made thinner. And, as I look at the lump of dough on my wooden board, I think: I am like the dough, stretched ever thinner till the edges start to crack and the world can see just how frayed ...