Otherworldly.
September 21, 2009
My first seventeen years were somewhat exclusively written in Orlando. My stories were all interwoven with the heat and traffic, the crime and commercial zoning. We didn’t vacation much and I really don’t remember ever wondering how other regions of the country (or the world, for that matter) were different. Movies set against the backdrop of the Colorado Rockies or the shores of Maine might as well have been Narnia. Read the rest of this entry »
Hallucinogens.
September 19, 2009
I haven’t watched the news in seven years.
Not the local news or the national morning shows or even the big breaking stories. I didn’t hear about that big typhoon in Asia for weeks. But I have welcomed the breath of fresh air from propaganda pollution. It’s been a beautiful release, really. Read the rest of this entry »
Leaders of Faith.
September 8, 2009
You know, I am surrounded by Christian leaders and industry heroes. I hang around people who spend every day in ministry vocation and fill their calendars with missions trips and inspirational quotes. But today I wanted you to meet the people who actually inspire me. More even than my extensive and impressive list of Blog Celebrities…
Two young girls from a youth group I used to work in: Read the rest of this entry »
Pushing Through the Disconnect.
September 7, 2009
I have been reworking my other website, and certain pages required some fresh words. Descriptions. Insider thoughts. Casting the vision. But as I was writing [in third person, no less] about who I am and what I do, I found that there was a disconnect.
Life has been unpredictable and disorienting.
We have been tossed around, trampled under foot, here and there and everywhere as we try to chase what God has made us to do and yet get pulled apart and dragged back by whatever forces are working against us here.
I have been up and down. Hopeful and overwhelmed. Passionate and – sometimes -pitiful.
And that’s where the disconnect came. I found myself writing about the album and the book, the vision and the calling, and I realized that I was writing about who I want to be, but no so much who I actually am choosing to be in this precise chapter. Read the rest of this entry »
Downpour.
June 29, 2009
If my head is swimming with thoughts, then my heart might be drowning.
Life can be so complex. And as beautiful as love is and as nurturing relationships can be, sometimes the risk and vulnerability demanded threatens to overtake my fragile soul. I really don’t even know what I came here to say. I find myself sitting in silence. Silence in the car. Silence washing dishes. Silence. I feel like the part of my life that plays out beyond my fingertips is like a snow globe. One filled with rainbow sequins that is sitting on a shelf in some city that has earthquakes often. I can’t see to the center of the earth to understand all of the whys, but I see the sunlight glimmering off the thousands of colorful sequins and feel the rumble beneath my feet. Perhaps it is in those moments that I have been picked up off the shelf and I am securely in God’s hand as he shakes and shakes. I am tired of trying to control all of the pieces. So instead I stand in silence and watch the colors swirl and spin and wonder what God is thinking. Read the rest of this entry »
Untouchable.
June 2, 2009
What are the invisible parameters on blogging?
Generally, we all blog about our lives, our passions and our days. And these things are all comprised of relationships, and that is where I get stuck. Often my very best blog ideas (especially ones that I think would offer relatability and community to you, the reader) involve the untouchable people in my life. And by untouchable, I mean two things: Read the rest of this entry »
Everything in Common.
May 27, 2009
Opportunism.
That’s what is on my mind today. There are a couple unrelated events that are uncomfortably wedged into the folders of my memory, and every time I see opportunism, they all twist and writhe and beg me to give them a voice. So after years of ignoring, here it is. Read the rest of this entry »
Bring the Rain.
May 27, 2009
Two top ten lists for you today. I scribbled these in a journal last night through our last stretch of travel under the cloak of darkness. The second list will expand on the first in some ways.
Ten Things I Was Thankful For On This Trip: Read the rest of this entry »
