Breathe. Smile. Grace. Love well. Patience. Notice. Enjoy. Embrace. Remember. Peer through the branches, looking for glimpses of You. Working on this. -LS
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It’s a Gift (Musing)
I think sometimes we as Christians (read: I) cringe a little bit when we talk about worshipping God and the fact that He commands us to do so. That reality doesn’t exactly present the easiest case for Christianity’s PR department. God is all-powerful. Thus, everything – both good and bad – is under the realm […]
Continue readingSuddenty (Musing)
(Honk if you agree that “suddenty” should be a word.) Yesterday morning, a friend and I left our summer camp grounds to drive into town to get an hour or two or real-world and quiet at a coffee shop before returning to take on the first day of this week’s camp session. 500+ high schoolers […]
Continue readingJustice and Mercy (Musing)
Thinking about justice and mercy this morning, courtesy of a Skye Jethani daily newsletter series I’ve been reading lately. We as humans want things to be fair. And that’s not a bad desire or heart leaning. Our spirits crave justice. We need things to be made right. Wrongdoing and injustice sparks deep, intuitive, carnal offense […]
Continue readingLoss Calcified (Musing)
There apparently once lived a queen of England who, when her husband passed away, maintained his bed and chambers in exactly the way they had been left by him that day for the rest of her life. She had her servants deliver breakfast in the morning for him. She kept his clothes; his belongings; his […]
Continue readingA Scene from Torrey Pines Beach (Poem)
Written 7/4/2021 BillowingSails in the windCaravansWaiting for their chance to venture inCloudsA canvas tautWindA breath caughtWhen does the day begin? -LS
Continue readingCrawdads (Poem)
Written 7/4/2021 – a couple friends and I did a poetry prompt at a coffee shop. “Crawdads” was the word of choice. Here’s mine. BlandNot red like the othersBottom feeder, they saidWell, he’d show them Sturdy, well-bredArmor of leadNone in his steadThe crawdad that led -LS
Continue readingLife’s Core (Poem)
Written 7/4/2021 What is at life’s core?Or end? Do we delve or advance?Practice or dance? Or but march in a trance‘Till our last day’s stanceDeath besting us all in the end? -LS
Continue readingBoth/And’s (Musing)
Reflecting on how many both/and’s we wade through in this life. In the Christian faith especially – we walk precipices between seemingly opposing truisms. It’s downright daunting sometimes. Mercy and justice. Faith and actions. Once and continual. Finite and infinite. Spiritual and material. Our choices and His sovereignty. Truth and questioning. Static and dynamic. I […]
Continue readingMountains (Poem)
Magnetic drawHeartstrings pulled from time zones awayWhat an impression you makeCaptivated by your scape Drink it inThe taste of mountains -LS
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