My Right Side Up Life
Do you need a prescription for anxiety? I spent 20 years sitting on a rolling stool dispensing advice. Women confided their deepest struggles, frustrations and fears. I quoted scripture and recommended remedies for anxiety. When my life turned upside down my own words...
From behind I felt the hand on my shoulder. Cutting my eyes I saw it was big as a dinner plate and darker than molasses. In a low voice, he started speaking and I closed my eyelids. Without looking, I sensed he towered over me. When I turned and opened my eyes, I...
LOSING THE GAME OF BLAME It all started with a throne and a game of blame. No, not that kind of throne, the porcelain kind. This is not my story to tell, but it’s true (mostly) and too rich not to share. Names have been changed to protect the innocent guilty. Anyway,...
Normally, I'm not scared. But lately, I'm pretty rattled. What about you? Are you afraid of God? I've noticed a common fabric of tragedy, victimization and loss weaves through testimonies of God's faithfulness and power. It scares me to death. Proverbs 1:7, “The fear...
I don't want Syrian refugees to come to America because I'm afraid A Syrian refugee woman invited us to visit her home, but we were lost and this time it wasn't my fault. Sitting inside the stuffy car my right eyelid drooped from the 90 plus degree temperature. My...
I needed grace for the moment, but I didn't expect her to climb in the backseat. Barely outside the white line of the curvy road, the gray-haired woman plodded along. Her hunched shoulders were weighted down by two overloaded plastic bags. STOP for Grace's sake Half...