I don't understand how the call of Jesus can be so clear, yet so confusing. The call is grace.Compassionate eyes seek us out and embrace even the most broken placeof our souls. When sin & despair, loss & suffering,hopelessness & addiction,threaten to overtake,our Savior steps in.He covers it all.Freedom is the call. Yet, with that… Continue reading Conflicting Calls
Category: Poetry/Songs
Whatever Marks This Season (A Prayer for a Day Away)
At the start of 2021 I marked off 4 days in my calendar, approximately 3 months apart as days to step away, regroup, and reevaluate all aspects of my life. A day to simply rest or play or “go deep” or whatever my soul needs on that day. The first one was to kick off… Continue reading Whatever Marks This Season (A Prayer for a Day Away)
New Morning. New Mercies. – A Morning Prayer
New morning. New mercies. The fears and failures of yesterday have past. The doubts and dreadful moments The sin and its stain Washed clean. Restored. New. Father, at the beginning of this new day, we dare to hope: hope for life abundant hope for joy hope for connection and community hope for a chance to… Continue reading New Morning. New Mercies. – A Morning Prayer
But, God?!?
I've been reading through some of my old journals and thought I'd share this prayer/poem from the Summer of 2009 while I was the Site Coordinator at a camp. May it remind us that we are not fit to serve God, but we are called and he'll give us all we need to do the… Continue reading But, God?!?
The Walls that Divide
This afternoon, I found myself thinking about a lot of things. Mostly... about the walls that often divide us... walls in schools, homes, churches, friendships, and more. These walls often come from areas of pain in our individual lives. Following is a musical response I wrote this afternoon... not perfect... recorded only on my computer… Continue reading The Walls that Divide
I Believe
Below are the lyrics for the song “I Believe” written by the First Trinity Youth Band and some of the 8th grade confirmands to celebrate today. It was so neat to lead the congregation in singing this during the processional today. I Believe CHORUS: This is what I believe: Jesus died giving life to… Continue reading I Believe
Free to Be Me
A couple places lately the idea of making decision following God’s will has come up in discussion. We kind of talked about it a little at Lifegroup last night. Its common conversation among all of us interns as we each are in different situations with calls and interviews and placement (oh my). I’ve had more… Continue reading Free to Be Me
An (Un)divided Heart
Wow! What a week! I had an absolutely WONDERFUL time in Haiti with the FT team and plan to tell you all about it here (and hopefully in person) in the days to come. What’s standing out to me most right now is best described in a comment a friend posted on my Facebook wall… Continue reading An (Un)divided Heart
Perspective
5:01am Sitting at the gate at the Wichita airport. 10 feet away A uniformed man holds back tears As his parents say “goodbye” Hopefully not for the last time They leave Embraced in each others’ arms He fidgets . Alone Adjusting his uniform Glancing around nervously Trying to be strong Seconds… Continue reading Perspective
“Don’t Leave Messiah in the Manger”
I wrote this song a couple year ago to sing at Christmas time in my church back home. It’s easy I think, even as Christians, to choose to do exactly what the title of this song tells us NOT to do… to leave Jesus in the manger. Christmas comes and we get excited about… Continue reading “Don’t Leave Messiah in the Manger”
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