God has such a terrific imagination. Creation is proof of that! And so am I. I never imagined the directions my life would go, but God did. I never imagined I’d become an ordained minister. I didn’t grow up in church. And I’m an introvert with a capital “I.”  Mom and Dad couldn’t agree on […]

There seems to be a lack of bookmarks in my house – it’s not uncommon to find books left on tables, benches and counters being kept open by odd placeholders – coasters, markers, pencils, toys, and even other books!  At the end of the day, if I gather up these paperbacks and hardcovers and remove the […]

There is a dirt road on the western border of Missouri and Arkansas that winds for miles over an Ozark ridge until it eventually comes to nothing in an overgrown pasture beyond a tree painted purple. The mail lady calls the road, “The End of the World,” and the epithet is spot on. It is […]

The internet isn’t just bawling with dark news and death tolls these days. Look a little closer and you’ll find stories— hopeful ones. Old people still madly in love, communities using the web to unite, neighbors singing the Doxology from their porches at nine sharp each morning. And then there’s the story God’s spinning smack […]