Tag Archives: sunset

To Remind Me

May the rising vapor of morning remind me that my life is such—a vapor that lasts but a moment—fleeting. May the intensifying blush remind me that the color of my life is in direct response to the Son’s rising in … Continue reading

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Weekly Photo Challenge: Symbol

*Joshua trees and the red, raging sunset–symbols of the hot, dry desert on a summer’s eve

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I Grieve, I Hope

I grieve for my mother, but not just the loss of her life. I grieve the loss of her faculties and strength these many years, when personality and passion grew distorted–swallowed up. I grieve the loss of time and communication … Continue reading

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In the Middle

A café and a coffee, a grace moment to think, to mull, to pray and toe-tap to piped in jazz, to stare at an old black and white classic on the muted set, and it’s a sandwich, sandwiched in between the club and conversation … Continue reading

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Thought for the Day

“Hi, how’s it goin’?” “Fine.” My “How are you?”–if it is more than a verbal high-5–opens up the possibility that you might not be well and might have more than 3 seconds to explain the reason why. And yet, we … Continue reading

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Morning and Evening

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Weekly Photo Challenge: Serenity

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Sunset Hawk

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A Shot in the Dark

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My Book of Uncommon Prayers: Lord of the Me

It is hard when well-worked out beliefs run smack dab into life:  this war zone of a broken world where wills collide and battle lines are drawn, human, angelic, and Godhead. And I am in the crosshairs, but not afraid— … Continue reading

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