Beyond Ourselves
We enter the party. Our eyes scan the room looking for someone we know, something familiar. Perhaps we seek out the person or position at the table that will help us feel good about ourselves. It is a human trait to want to belong, feel secure, and be appreciated. That’s not bad, unless all that […]
Stand Up, Be Free
She has suffered for a lifetime.* Each 18-year segment of our lives, fertile with potential, yields a bounty of experiences. Given 18 years, we can reach a distant destination, achieve a desired goal. We can take up new callings, relinquish what limits us, become more fully ourselves. In 18 years we journey from birth through […]
Fire Upon the Earth
What does fire mean for you? Is it light? Warmth? Threat? Comfort? Power? Destruction? Apocalypse? Do you fear fire, or welcome it? And when Jesus says, “I came to bring fire upon the earth,” does it imply trouble or transformation?* As a potter, fire is my friend. It is the end stage of turning clay […]
Living Light and Free
The entirety of God’s realm is ours if only we give away all we own.* Fear attaches to whatever we cannot release, becoming a ruinous mold in the dark isolation of our grasping and clutching. Fear infiltrates our life, alters our breathing and shows up masked as various anxieties and dis-eases. Fear erodes the realm […]