Memorial Stones

Freedom versus Captivity

Originally published October 9, 2011 It’s amazing that a tangible, inanimate item can sometimes carry such a negative connotation, how it can become a symbol of a difficult or unhappy time in your life. In my case it is a building. A building that, to look at it, now brings about a sense of relief

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Heart of Urgency

Originally published on October 6, 2011 Holding pattern. This has been my life recently. Several areas of my life were all placed in wait mode by God. I now realize that I do not function well in wait mode, as my typical response is to throw myself into another area to avoid thinking about what

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True Joy

Originally published May 30, 2011 I’ve done a lot of reflecting since returning home from a mission trip to a third world country. Reentering my reality was nothing like I expected. I expected relief to be home, happiness to be back to the lifestyle to which I am accustomed and a feeling of comfort and

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Flowers in Dormancy

Originally published April 24, 2011 While driving through a Central American country, one of the first things I noticed was the dried up vegetation and dustiness of the land. Although we were told that in merely a few weeks the vegetation would be green and lush, it currently looked brown and dormant. It was a

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Crossroads

Originally published March 6, 2011 I have come to realize that my life, as I know it, is crumbling. There is an earthquake occurring in my life right now and everything is being shaken to its foundation. Not that every building is crashing, but somehow you tend to only notice those that are. Now, I

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Season of Affliction

Originally published February 17, 2011 In looking back on my seemingly short spiritual journey to this point, I realize that most of my seasons of suffering have involved watching family and friends, that I love, suffer while I could do nothing but pray. The worst of these times was right after committing my life to

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What Can Man do to Me?

Originally published February 16, 2011 Why is it so easy to remember and trust that God is in control when life is going well or even in the day to day routine of life? And yet when trauma happens, something that catches me so off guard that I feel stunned, suddenly I start to doubt?

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