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I Want to See Jesus
“Lemme see! Lemme see! I want to see!” Anyone who has been around children has probably hear these words countless times. In my years as a teacher for preschool and...
Can You Drink the Cup?
As I approached the line for Communion, I felt the words of the Gospel echo in my heart strongly inviting a response. “Can you drink the cup?” Feeling a bit...
Courage to Shine
We sat in silence. The entire prayer table filled with small lit candles. Although the lights were off, the room was illuminated by the collective light of our little flames....
Lessons from Little Children
My classroom assistant helps three young boys mop up a flood caused by a couple of spilled buckets of water. Two older boys argue about whose turn it is to...
"Martha, Martha"
“The one thing necessary,” my Dad would say. It was a somewhat ambiguous phrase he’d reference, sometimes almost a joke, but also expressing the depth and seriousness of his continual...
When Facing Pushback
My mentor shared with me the story of her transformation. After God hadset her free her from various behaviors that had been keeping her in bondage, she was surprised to...
Manifest Your Resurrection in Us, Lord
"What do you want to do when you are well?" my new doctor asked me. I had gone through the emotionally exhausting routine of seeing yet another new doctor so...
A Strong Will Ordered to Our Good God
"I'm never coming back to this school again!!" she yelled at me, tears streaming down her five-year-old face. "I'm going to tell my mom on you!" she continued, trying to...
Singing New Songs
I had packed my bags and moved to Ireland, hauling my harp through airports and arriving with excitement to begin a year-long intensive study of Irish music. Ready to "sing...
God's Promises Now
"Jusqu'à maintenant," I heard the priest read in French, and those two words hit me as if I had never heard the story of the Wedding Feast of Cana before....
The Value and Gift of Your Precious Life
My grandfather had an old T-model. Sometimes as a little girl I would peak inside the garage window and see this old timey car, not even knowing how special it...
All the Surprise Abundance
I had wanted to be spending that money on my honeymoon, not on a trip by myself, but now that wedding was no longer happening . . . . I...
