I was an unwanted child. I never felt at home in my own home. It was the family joke–yeah, she’s the self-made grandchild. The police left you on the doorstep. The first two children were planned, and then you … With two alcoholic parents, there wasn’t much attention or tending going on. Rising and walking [...]
“I’m in a place where I sense that God is, even if I sit very quietly and do nothing more than wait for Him.” “I decided to tithe my time,” my friend told me, back in college. “I’ll pray for two and a half hours every day.” I smiled at him, nodded, and felt ill. Because [...]
“It’s not our own strength that’s going to make the dawn appear. Not our fragile broken lives, not our own clay-baked power that will turn the tide of winter and usher in the spring. It’s a power greater than ourselves, hidden deep within us.” By Danielle Strickland | Twitter: @djstrickland My friend died three weeks ago, and it [...]
“What would handbags say if they could speak? Like asides at a play, bystanders at the drama of our lives, they would shake their leather heads at how we just about hold our lives together.” By Shekinah Jacob Recently a friend had an accidental peek into my handbag and I was quite embarrassed because the contents [...]
“The mask I believed was my salvation was actually a prison of my own making.” By Desiree Adaway | Twitter: @desireeadaway When I was young, I had a horrible time sharing myself with the world. I was awkward, nervous, hormonal, uncertain. I felt different and I had no idea how to articulate my quirkiness, nor [...]
