woman standing on green grass

Figuratively Off-Roading

Multiple times I have written about leaving the paved path and making progress. Well, I find myself at a new trailhead in life. It is time, once again, to go figuratively off-roading.   Have you ever gone hiking? My introduction to the activity came during the time I was dating my Hubby Guy. I lived

kid hiding on pillows

Let Others In

I have spent too much life hiding from would-be community. When I hide, I rob myself of connection and inadvertently disrupt the working of the Holy Spirit. Yikes! That is not what I want to do. Life works better when I remember to let others in. We get weary, don’t we? Life hurls hurt like

blue and white bird on brown wooden surface

Declare His Message

While out for a walk a few weeks back, a Blue jay caught my attention. Somehow the sounds of a solitary bird managed to rise above the cacophony of a busy intersection. His emphatic call caused me to seek him out. I glanced up and to my right just in time to see him straighten

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Risk For Reward

A local Authors Festival drew me to the big library downtown. I went alone and felt every second of my choice to spend time with complete strangers in a public place. The phrase “risk for reward” propelled me room to room, like a trolling motor for a tiny skiff. In the end, a few nuggets

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Time and Talents

Why are we so afraid of scarcity when we have theoretical barns full of renewable soft currencies to spend? Money remains our most familiar currency, but what about our time and talents? We spend those too each and every day. I originally wrote this post 2 years ago. The idea sprung from an odd thing