Ezekiel 28-32 I normally try to write something here to engage you, dear reader, instead of boring you to tears right off the bat. Something witty or captivating. But as I was sitting here thinking about how I would tie something into five chapters in Ezekiel dealing with God’s judgement over nations and the shifting… Read More »
Ezekiel 24 I treasure a good night sleep now more than ever. Uninterrupted slumber feels like small gift tucked at the back the Christmas tree, until you spot it shining in a cascade of green ribbon curls, your name on the tag. Someone cared enough to wrap this just for you and it makes everything… Read More »
Ezekiel Chapters 19-22 We have four beautiful children, each 2 years apart, which means that our life is full of motion. Constant motion. Like blood through arteries, our days accelerate with every heartbeat, squeezing into capillaries so tiny the blood cells pass through single file like Kindergarteners walking hand in hand to recess. When the… Read More »
Ezekiel Chapters 15-18 I type this from a wingback chair in a hotel in Topeka. Wingback may be the wrong name for this kind of chair, but the folder in my brain that holds chair names is very thin and has other furniture names thrown in there like “ottoman” and whatever neurotransmitter is responsible for… Read More »
Ezekiel Chapter 11 Life is hard. I should say that life can be hard. It isn’t always. Life is certainly harder for some than for others, but even people who live what most would consider an easy life have to do hard things. We weep, we fail, we disappoint. But if you’re reading this you… Read More »
Ezekiel Chapter 8 If you have spent much time around our home, you know that the word quiet is not one of the many adjectives a person would normally use to describe it. But this particular evening is one of rare quiet, like an Oklahoma day with only a gentle breeze just sort of stirring… Read More »
Ezekiel chapters 1-4 Laundry is a constant reminder that we live in a fallen world. For those of us who are fortunate enough to own the magical machines called washing machines, the process is relatively easy. I call the washing machine The Clothes Washer because we call the other machine that washes dirty things we… Read More »
Matthew 1:21 It is the day after Christmas. I’m sitting in a coffee shop drinking a cortado while watching four sparrows hop around the parking lot. They are in two pairs and I’m not sure what that means other than two of them stick together and bounce about on their tiny little legs and chill… Read More »
Hebrews 2:14-15 I’m sitting on the couch in our living room in the spot where I read my Bible and looking at a glass rooster filled with hot sauce. He’s perched somewhat precariously atop a maple and cream latte candle – a square candle with a wooden lid that seals along the edges and would… Read More »
Matthew 2 Children are a blessing. I know this because the Bible says they are. Psalm 127 says they are a gift, a reward, like arrows in the hand of a warrior, and the man who has a quiver full is blessed. I’ve heard a lot of funny things about that verse regarding the number… Read More »
