I'm really excited to have a guest post today from my friend Claire Diaz-Ortiz. I met Claire a couple of years ago at Allume and am excited to have her here today to share a piece of her story. See, Claire and I have some things in common...a love for people, a love for Africa, and an inexplicable arresting of our souls by the God who's plans are so much different, and so … [Read more...]
Sufficient
Fleeting thoughts leave gaps filled by restlessness. So much at stake, to steward well… Yearning to walk in wisdom of years yet attained. Still... given by the God in whom I trust. He is all-sufficient, and fills in the holes of my inadequacy. I follow curious. Apparently, it's National Poetry month. National Ice Cream Month is in July...that one comes to me easier, … [Read more...]
Progressive Evangelical
Since I've been home from Africa, I've been experiencing quite a bit of culture shock. Shock of the selfishness of this culture we live in here in America. Shocked by the ungratefulness that I've perpetuated inadvertently and accidentally, and the part I've played in even raising the next generation relatively unawares of how good they've got it. And then, last week, a … [Read more...]
Un-Done
"If you have come to help me, then you're wasting your time. But if you have come because your liberty is bound up with mine, then walk with me." - Lillia Watson I've been home from Uganda for almost 5 days now, and I have to be honest and say that I feel like some part of me is dying. I feel frustrated with myself...with the privilege that I have taken for granted... the … [Read more...]
No-Brainer…
How beautiful upon the mountains are the feet of him who brings good news, who publishes peace, who brings good news of happiness, who publishes salvation, who says to Zion, “Your God reigns.” - Is 52:7 My entire body is trembling as I write. Shaking. Tingling. Nearly numb. I have to write now. You have to know now. For the past 3 hours, I have been holding screaming … [Read more...]
Losing My Religion
Oh Life, it’s biggerIt’s bigger than youAnd you are not meThe lengths that I will go toThe distance in your eyesOh no, I’ve said too muchI’ve said enough– REM “Losing My Religion”Yesterday, we went to a baby home where Sole Hope has cultivated a relationship. I’m not sure what I was expecting… and the truth is that I’ve never actually been into a children’s home…into an … [Read more...]
Waiting…
I woke up at 4am on the floor of a sweet friend's house who made a home for me in the midst of the chaos of the past few hours ...wondering, praying, and feeling hopeful that maybe I could still go to Uganda. As I lay awake and praying, I kept hearing the Lord say "wait." So I opened my Bible on my phone and started searching "wait on the Lord"... and ya'll. Look what I came … [Read more...]
My Heart Just Flew To Africa…
I meant to go to Uganda today. I have a plane ticket... and I came to Atlanta to meet up with the team yesterday... and I've been packing and preparing my stuff and my heart for a good long time now. But sometimes all that preparation isn't quite enough to get you where you need to go. The anticipation was thick as we gathered together with heaps of bags and 8 giant plastic … [Read more...]
Here We GO….
I love movies...old ones...and old kids' ones especially. A favorite is Disney's Peter Pan...the part in particular when Peter grabs Wendy's hand and they all jump out of the window as Peter yells, "Here We Gooooo!" I feel that way right now. In a "Here we gooooo" kind of moment. So... this is my new website. I'm guessing you noticed the change. :-) Pull up a chair and … [Read more...]
Bad Business for the Kingdom
I've been growing accustomed to a journey filled with bends in the road that I can't see beyond. It's been a faith walk the past few years into things unimagined and unforseen even. And most days I'd tell you I'm not so sure where I'm going so much as just learning to follow the rabbit trails that point me the direction that God is calling. I'm not so much of a super planner … [Read more...]
Allume Tickets & Twitter Party!
Once when I was a kid, the children's ministry at my church performed the musical, "Fat Fat Jehoshaphat." My dear friend Laura Parker always got the leads in the plays because she could sing like a nightingale. I on the other hand....well....couldn't. So in "Fat Fat Jehoshaphat," I was cast as the scribe. Apparently discontented with being just a scribe, I decided to jazz … [Read more...]
I’m Going to Africa!
For several months now, I've heard the Lord whispering "Africa." I've never been, but it has been popping up in my social media streams and then into my life enough that a few months ago, I began asking the Lord if I was supposed to go... if this whisper of Africa might be meant for me. But why would I go? What would take me there? And once there, what would I do? I didn't … [Read more...]
Favorite Things
Raindrops on roses, and whiskers on kittens bright copper kettles and warm woolen mittens wild geese that fly with the moon on their wings these are a few of my favorite things... Favorite things. We all have them. And let's be honest, whether you were an Oprah lover or not, the best show of every season was always the "Oprah's Favorite Things" show. She would get crazy … [Read more...]
Thankful
I can't believe that Thanksgiving is this week. Truth be known, I'm still tired from Allume. Not even sure how that is still possible, but it is. One of my friends told me that for every hour you're in surgery, it takes 1 week to recover from it. So, if there is any equation that begins to be true for conference planning, I'm gonna say it's probably true too. So, big deal … [Read more...]
Allume Reflections
It's been a month since I've even written here in this space...no surprise really since I was running Allume which happened this past weekend. I want to recap things...the weekend... but, I have to confess that it's near impossible to recap a weekend when that weekend was really the culmination of an entire year for me. So I don't know where to begin. And maybe I begin a … [Read more...]
For the Love of the Game
My son just had a flag football game today, and the whole thing actually put me in a funk. This is our second year playing Upward Flag Football and it has been the best experience. If you're not familiar with Upward, check them out! It's a faith-based sports program dedicated to teaching the mechanics of the game (they do soccer, basketball, flag football, and cheerleading) … [Read more...]
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