The danger of wearing a mask
It can be dangerous to wear a mask. Tonight: a fun event with a colorful mask, but I wasn’t quite myself. A little too loud, a bit too enthusiastic – not really a problem since I’m rather reserved most...
View ArticleStepping Out of Your Skin
Photo credit: akunite_reqium_sol (Creative Commons) It’s time for some serious scab-picking. Yup, gross. Stick with me. The nicest visualization I can think of comes from C.S. Lewis’ The Voyage of The...
View ArticleDay 4: Rest in God’s Strength
Back in July, I wrote a Five Minute Friday post right after a week serving at camp. This post, What Broken Looks Like, was written from a very bruised and broken place. In the post, I wrote that this...
View ArticleHis Peerless Worth
This song has been on repeat for the last day. Different bits of the lyrics hit me each time. …Joyful choose the better part… …Let his peerless worth constrain thee… …What can strip the seeming beauty...
View ArticleDay 12: My best guess
The words aren’t coming tonight. *thinks a moment* Nope, they just aren’t there. I have a ton of thoughts in my head, but none that make sense working on this series. So, I’m dumping out the words as...
View ArticleDay 20: Though you ruin me
My words fail me tonight. My thoughts are jumbled. My intentions for this post have blown away. It seems that this has been a season of things being taken away. And some days I can trust in God and...
View ArticleDay 27: Where your brokenness brings you
Part of crushing kingdoms includes brokenness, which is weighing heavily on me tonight. This song is several years old now, but between the lyrics and the visual picture in the video, it really hits...
View ArticlePenny for your thoughts
How much are your thoughts worth today? What value would you place on them? I started this post listing out all the self-chatter that goes on in my head in any given day. It consisted primarily of...
View ArticleYou Have So Much More To Offer
I am in my 40’s and I am still painfully insecure. I ought to have grown out of that by now, right? At a conference in early 2012, the opportunity presented itself for me to meet a young female...
View ArticleThe telling of a story
Rio de Janeiro, seen from the top of Sugar Loaf Mountain. Photo by Tony Hodgson It’s late, and I have plans to get up early tomorrow morning to pray with a friend, but I need to share this tonight. I...
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