Relocation this time around was a test of faith of a different variety for us. God in his mercy protected us, carried us, and continues to go before us. So many prayers were answered for the sale of our house …
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God didn’t merely create the universe and then sit back to watch. From the very beginning, he sought relationship with us. God walked in the Garden with Adam and Eve, conversing in the cool of the day. When they chose …
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If you’ve ever relocated, you know how the experience dislocates us from past routines, identities, and spiritual practices. We humans are creatures of habit and community. As we establish patterns of life, the longer we do them, the deeper grows …
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To interact with this post at Seriously Write, click HERE. Dear writer, don’t despise your humble beginnings, whether these include your level of education, the size of your community, or the poor and simple family life from which you emerged. …
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There are trees blooming in our neighborhood – in February! Further down the street, there’s a rosebush in full bloom. Here in southern Texas for our first winter, these blooms are two months ahead of what is usual for us. …
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My parents just celebrated their 59th anniversary! Quite a milestone! And so, having set the furniture down in Texas and unpacked almost all of the boxes, I’m now making plans to head to Colorado to be with them. My father …
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To interact with this post, go to Seriously Write. If you’ve seen the motion picture Groundhog Day, you know that the main character, a pompous, arrogant, and recalcitrant newscaster, gets stuck in a time loop in Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania, at the …
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Since we married in 1977, we’ve lived in twelve different homes within six states. We know experientially that this nation is comprised of a conglomeration of very different and yet unified states. Each state does everything uniquely, from when/if there …
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I wanted to arrive in Texas with lots of money, to finally attain my flawed Americanized vision of what a “mature” believer should look like – comfortable and complacent in my financial planning. These desires should have tipped me off. …
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To interact with today’s post, go to SeriouslyWrite. Today everything we own is being loaded into a truck to be hauled away. Strong men with burly arms heave our earthly possessions out the front door, up a gangplank, and into …
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