by Tasha Jun | Sep 1, 2023 | Faith and Culture
I can’t help but think That the word ju-bi-lee Sounds a lot like ju-ju-be Remember sitting at a tea house in Seoul? We looked for jujube seeds Daechu at the bottom Of my cup like wrinkled treasure You were uncomfortable legs bent sideways while we sipped through the...
by Mari Fitz-Wynn | Apr 1, 2023 | Spiritual Growth
The original Plan—perfect but rejected. Sending hope cascading like a slinky toy down a staircase, coiling, tumbling, coiling, tumbling landing in a tangled heap. The same Plan—a different approach set into motion, to reclaim, and restore hope, unfurling it from earth...
by Melanie Weldon-Soiset | Mar 1, 2023 | Lifestyle
God of Wealth and Release, You have given me everything: the shoes on my feet, the watch on my wrist, the air in my lungs. My very life depends on your abundance. You are Jehovah-Jireh, the Lord Who Provides: you provided the ram for Abraham and Isaac. You gave your...
by Judy Douglass | Nov 1, 2022 | Faith and Culture
I believe in prayer. I say often that “the work of God is done on our knees—then we go find out what happened.” Yet to me prayer remains such a mystery. How in the world could the most high God who created it all invite me to talk with him, to make requests,...
by Rebecca Detrick | Jun 1, 2022 | Lifestyle, Poetry
Darkness, and then eyes open Inhale deep Eyes close, exhale Inspiration – a curious thing – Prolonging life; Creating space and time for what will happen Before, between, and after each breath. Wondrous imagination, Before the day even begins Breathe in – Breathe out...
