Crossing the Date Line

Crossing the Date Line

“The reality of death has come upon us and a consciousness of the power of God has broken our complacency like a bullet in the side. A sense of the dramatic, of the tragic, of the infinite, has descended upon us, filling us with grief, but even above grief, wonder.”...
Tireless Messenger

Tireless Messenger

To try to be brave is to be brave.” George MacDonald Today we are outside on our driveway blowing bubbles. It’s only May, and the leaves are freshly born and green, but already, now that they are here, they are foreboding of fall. I am safest in March,...
Letting Go

Letting Go

“And the day came when the risk to remain tight in a bud was more painful than the risk it took to blossom.” Anais Nin Yesterday I was reading an excerpt from a new book by an old pastor of mine. He played an important role in both my life and Dan’s. He baptized...
Writing on My Birthday

Writing on My Birthday

Surgeons must be very careful When they take the knife! Underneath their fine incisions Stirs the Culprit – Life! -Emily Dickinson It’s my 42nd birthday today. I have no fancy plans. It’s not the cheeriest birthday poem, but I can’t help but...
Driving to the Airport

Driving to the Airport

“I discovered that in every end a new beginning lies hidden. It will find you if you look for it. Don’t lose heart!”  Jürgen Moltmann On the way here I am thinking- is this how you felt? This awful, unnatural feeling of separation- as you drove to...