A Purse and a Memory

This story was originally posted as a status on Facebook. I realized later it should have been a blog post instead.  There are not many things I own that I’ve had since I was five. In fact, this may be the only one. Sometimes things are just things, and sometimes things have stories, and those…

Defiant Worship

I showed up to church.  I didn’t want to.  Everything in me wanted to stay home in bed.  It was one of those seasons where every single thing was working my nerves.  That one church member who always insists on hugs during passing of the peace, even though I didn’t want to be touched.  The…

Playing God – Knowledge of Good and Evil

Adam and Eve knew their place.  They were the caretakers of the Garden, given dominion over all of creation.  Except they were still under the care and authority of God.  They walked with God in the cool of the day, discovering more and more about what it was to be made in the divine image,…

We Call it Good

Lazarus died.  Mary and Martha were beside themselves, because they knew Jesus could have healed him.  But Jesus was off doing other ministry, healing other people.  And their brother died.  And he was dead four days before Jesus finally showed up. It’s in this story that we see the sorrow of God described in the…

Holy Ground

The Cathedral of Notre Dame is burning.  Parisian mourners are gathered around the city singing hymns as they watch their beloved landmark engulfed in flames.  Reports are coming in of the contents of the historic church, what was saved and what was lost.  And all the world for a moment remembers that we as humans…

Human

From the dust of the Earth arose a being.  Particle by particle, forming into bones and muscles and sinews and skin and hair.  The environment was perfect, full of all kinds of fruits and vegetables that would feed this being. There were trees that would provide shade, fresh water streams that would quench it’s thirst. …

The Next Chapter

What now? When dreams die and you’ve grieved and given them proper burial and paid your respects. What happens next? When life as you know it has changed so radically you don’t recognize it anymore. Who are you? When it turns out you aren’t who you thought you were, who you tried so hard to…