I was diagnosed with advanced scoliosis, a progressive curvature of my spine, when I was halfway to 16. As I prepared for surgery on my crooked spine a few months later, I thought about the pain, the
“He isn’t just feeling the anger and spite and unbearable self-disgust of this one crowd on this one Friday morning in Palestine; he’s turning his bruised face toward the whole human crowd, past and present
This week I attended a labor and birth, and like always, it opens everything wide and amazes me. I went from the Children’s Hospital where Florence is, to a home and hospital across the water,
In these muddy places, when the rhythms of my heart fail to keep my hope alive, I know I have lost touch with You, I know I have been drowned once again in the sorrows of
I have been meditating on a scripture (see below) for the past few days, chewing it, reading it over and over (easy to do with the very detailed Amplified Bible) and feeling some of this
I choose life for you Florence. I am not letting you go. I am not going to let my heart go to those dark places anymore. I am seeking peace in the perfect place of
