Writings

Writing Corner

This is my space to share whatever thoughts I’m exploring. Sometimes I will share reflections, at other times I’ll post poetry or stories. I have also spent time researching the lives of family members from generations before me. Any and all of these scribblings will be shared here. So keep an eye out and join me on this journey of creativity.

Outside the March of Time

Time keeps going at a steady, unrelenting pace. And that pace is heightened because we fill it with activities, with duties, work that must be done, people to be seen, and with the structures of hours, days, weeks and months. Seasons come and go. The beautiful autumn colors fade and fall into to dark winter… Read More
You Have Incredible Value – Part 2

In my last blog, “You have incredible value”, I outlined God’s role in our own personal creation, using the verse from Psalm 139 that we were knit together in our mother’s womb. He did not have to knit our physical being because he created reproduction processes into every kind of living being. Instead, God knit… Read More
You Have Incredible Value

You have unbelievable worth. Why unbelievable? Because most of us do not / cannot believe it. We are Christians. We are afraid of thinking about our value for fear of pride. We quote the scripture that we are “sinners, saved by grace” to be humble. It reminds us that we are “unworthy sinners”. We think… Read More
Unlikely Saints

I always loved the Gospel of Mark. It is a fast paced, dynamic gospel. The opening chapter uses the word “immediately” nine times, and you get the idea that Jesus burst on the scene, gathering disciples, healing people, speaking and teaching, going places. No “Jesus meek and mild” here: he is a powerful man on… Read More
Durban Morning

The rising sun lifts, Drawing all of us upward To meet God’s blessing Read More
Free to Create

Several years ago, I experienced a renewal in my life with God. It was a remarkable, refreshing encounter that sent me scrambling for new ways to express what I was finding in Scripture and in my heart. I never considered myself to be artistic: I had creative impulses but not the sort worth sharing with… Read More