i’m forever buckling up my shoes…always preparing for something, dreaming up something big, hoping it’ll happen yet too scared to work hard enough…afraid i’ll fail. so i’m forever buckling and seldom standing tall, walking confidently, head high, shoulders straight. i’m seated on that chair, couch, stool, bed, floor, making sure my shoes are secure. do…
1 word
as i sat on the extraordinarily huge beanbag watching a movie, my friend’s cat hopped up and curled right into my side space. her presence made me think of the word “nurture.” for those who’ve seen me with cats, they know i’m not all googoo gaga over the little attitudy animals but i’ll allow them…
the message
you need to restart your computer. hold down the power button for several seconds or press the restart button. that’s the death message. i’ve had it 3 times now. i’m a bit afraid. but the message isn’t supposed to create fear. it’s supposed to simply heighten awareness. there’s no system failure but failure to connect…
from excitement to fear
fear…there’s something to it…something useful. it’s not that God can’t use us when we’re not fearful but fear humbles in a way that useful. so now i’m useful…coz let me tell ya, i’m afraid! afraid of saying foolishness afraid of disgracing God afraid that… but why? okay…so the “useful” thing only goes so far. once…
sermon…
i’m supposed to think about journeys. so instead of going to walmart with friends i’m going to ponder what a journey is both in dictionaries and in life (for the two aren’t always mirror images) and i’m going to use this space to do so. of all the spaces i enjoy, this virtual world is…
sermon
prep is good. eye opening. lovely. i sat by the track and observed 3 journeys in progress. it was quite fascinating to see how differently life plays out based on our varying needs: the barely 2 feet tall toddler is a soccer start in training. his dad must be patient and kick that ball around…
bad words that come out of your mouth
it just shouldn’t happen. it’s unfortunate. but sometimes we really don’t have more to say or we haven’t had time to plan our attack. it’s true…i’ve said some dumb things in my day. guess i feel okay about it coz i don’t have a huge platform, i don’t ever stand before thousands of people and…