“Could you please step back mam? And may I ask what you are doing?” Stepping out in obedience to God, I braved international travel without the security of my husband, and I somehow managed to stump Customs. How could Customs not know what I was doing? I confidently moved in, perfectly postured before the machine. Maybe this is a new […]
We are on day 3 of this 31 day journey looking backward in an effort to glean, grow and go forward into 2017! If you are new to the journey today, checkout day 1 and 2 for the foundation for this hindsight writing challenge. I pray you leave encouraged and inspired to start your own year-end review. In looking back, […]
5 Lessons I learned in Prison: Butterflies and Barbed Wire “…All through these difficult days I keep hoping, waiting for the final change—for resurrection…” (Job 14, MSG) Many would call prison a tomb, a dirty pit, a bone collector, a trough for the troubled, or a cell for the shameful. I experienced something different. Why, you may ask, […]
Costa Rica continues… Week 4’s painting is my rendition of the view from the back porch at Carlos and Karla’s house, the Mission House. The team calls this spot their: HAPPY PLACE I agree with that descriptive title. And here are some actual pictures from that sweet spot. If you know me at all, you know I love me […]
God-colors in Costa Rica (Week 3) “…You’re here to be light, bringing out the God-colors in the world…” Matthew 5:14 MSG “Brilla tus colores de Dios” Mateo 5:14 **For all my subscribers, only half of my blog post saved and posted last week, as I prescheduled it to go live while I was in Costa Rica. So I am trying […]
I am headed to Costa Rica on a mission trip soon. I chose the “Costa Rican Oxcart” as the theme of this weeks painting for several reasons: 1: Oxcarts are vessels and they CARRY. I am a vessel and I CARRY. “We now have this light shining in our hearts, but we ourselves are like fragile clay jars (oxcarts) containing (CARRYING) this […]
One of my favorite things about Catalyst is that they give a voice to people you may not have heard of, but who are quietly changing the world in the name of Christ, one simple act of kindness at a time! In this case, it is one simple love letter at a time. The girl behind the “love letters” is […]
