Kinder in kindergarten

Remember when we were in kindergarten and the teacher said, "I don’t care what Johnny did, I care about what you’re doing so don’t go tattling on your neighbor"?  That principle was taught when we were young for a prophetic purpose, one that could have propelled us into boundary setting for the sake of  individual …

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Kobe’s death was for a reason?

I'm just curious, do people really believe that the good, the bad and the ugly, all come from God's hand?  Wouldn't that be abuse?  There is no way I'm serving a God who kills His kids with some manipulative guise to console our brokenness afterward.  I'm saddened by the numerous Christians who simply believe that …

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Left hand, left behind lies

Draw a line down the paper and write from the younger side on the left with the left hand. Being left behind. Being insignificant. I don't have what it takes to compete so I give up. I'm not ok, I'm leaking. Visit the inner child. Speak to her as the adult. Make it ok. We …

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Instinctively feeling un-wanted

I am bubbling up inside and I can't stop laughing out loud.  I take two steps from the kitchen to the hallway and I pause with my hand on my heart, grateful for the stories I have lived to tell about.  I take two more steps and I lift my hands toward the heavens because …

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