Carried shame: Let’s face it
Mini-post. Quote about the effects of carried shame and carried feelings, from the book, I Don't Want to Talk About It.
These lithe, towering trees would dance wildly in the wind.
Cradled or caught?
What I learned from a bent tree - cradled, or caught, by another tree.
The no-leaven life
He who died in our behalf is risen. As we trust solely in his broken body and the new covenant in his blood, we too become alive in ways we could never otherwise hope to be.
“In the very center of this dreadful contest, so destructive to life and limb, stood this humble, little log-church, from which the great battle of Shiloh took its name.”
Shiloh
“In the very center of this dreadful contest, so destructive to life and limb, stood this humble, little log-church, from which the great battle of Shiloh took its name.” April…
ROAR
"Wrong will be right, when Aslan comes in sight. At the sound of his roar, sorrows will be no more. When he bares his teeth, winter meets its death. And when he shakes his mane, we shall have spring again."
Tabor
Mini-post. Thoughts prompted by a hazy picture of the mountaintop from which Deborah sent Barak and his troops into battle
Looking up
Mini-post. It's hard to look up when you're lying prostrate. Sometimes, it seems impossible. If confusion, hurt and anger are pummeling you without mercy, you may be very tempted, when you do look up, to shake your fist.
Confessing requires seeing
Mini-post: A key truth to ponder, from We Confess! The Civil War, the South, and the Church.
The Dead Sea
“The Diamond Turns”
For two hours, I looked up at the night sky from my seat under a palm tree in the lowest place on earth - and I sang to the Lord with the nations.