When You Don’t Want to Show Up
I’m Not Qualified It’s Thursday afternoon again. It’s almost time for me to go. But should I go? Do I even want to? I volunteer as an ESL (English as…
Read morePut Your Shoes On – Be Ready to Bring Peace
You have a word from the Lord: Peace. You’re meant to carry this message of hope to others. Are your shoes on? Are You a Shoe Girl? First, she looks…
Read moreI Hope He Doesn’t Offend Y’all
Do We Understand? The only working elevator opened. Kay and I stepped inside with our cart of boxed dinners. Cindy needed to go down so she got inside the elevator,…
Read moreYou Have a Safety Net. Take the Risk.
Is This Safe? Here was another lighthouse. This one was on the Canadian side of our border. We’d been going into several lighthouses in Maine, all interesting, all unique. Why not…
Read more7.5 Reasons to Celebrate Introverts
No one says this about me: The party really starts when she arrives. Nor this: The party is over when she leaves. As an introvert, I don’t make a big…
Read moreAre You Available?
How available are you to God’s unexpected encounters? Do you intentionally leave extra space around the edges of your life for spontaneous assignments? Or do you stay so scheduled, each…
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