Capturing Words & Light
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The Breath of God
I watched my uncle’s life escape his body. I watched as his daughter cried and his sisters sighed at the loss of someone they love deeply. His last breath came and went to the aether. His heart stilled like all the relationships with his children, his sisters, his friends. The pallor colour took over his…
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Ornaments, those odd orbs permeating life
Ornaments are temporal. Relationships are eternal. Decorations are material. Souls are immortal. Baubles are breakable. People are redeemable.
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Lament: Joy in the Mourning
A heavy heart is born of a broken relationship, but for the Christ follower the heart gives way to lament and the soul releases tears mingled with joy. The promise of Joy in the Morning. Joy in the Mourning is sure and true just as the Word made flesh. Those moments when my heavy heart…
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Weary Travelers & the Kindness of Strangers
the sojourner has not lodged in the street; I have opened my doors to the traveler Job 31:32 Traveling through space and time interacting with other travelers in their journeys varied and unknown whether for a minute or a lifetime, changes the course of history with every traveler’s path we cross. We, every moment, have…
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We Are All Vulnerable
The virus is endemic and will infect all eventually. The vaccinated and unvaccinated alike will to varying degrees feel the impact. We are all vulnerable. As I am giving the details to my oldest son, it occurred to him what I was going through. “Mom, is this the first time you have had a parent…
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