mrs anna maher

I opened the door to my third story attic room at the maternity home, and I welcomed her in.  She was probably around 7 months pregnant and one of the scariest people I’d ever met.  I offered her the oversized chair and popped up on the window seat. Then it came. Like fire out her […]

It was just like a normal Sunday.  The service ended, and we went up front to pray for people.  The second or third person I prayed for was a middle aged normal looking man.  He had gray hair, tall, normal build, and very normal clothes.  Normal, everything about the man seemed normal.  He extended his […]

Today was one of those days where you can leave your windows open ALL day. where indoor and outdoor space become one. where you can hear your neighbors coming and going or the boy next door playing basketball. Today was one of those days where I didn’t leave the house ALL day. where I put […]

As I sit in my office/guest room I can hear the sounds of ash hitting the window.  I look outside and see the leaves of our pear tree and the palms across the street rustle in the wind. We just drove home from Oregon, and I was the closest I have ever been to a raging […]

Do we allow him to satisfy us in all times? Do we truly believe He is enough to anchor our souls in the valley of the shadow of death? That if we never got another thing, saw another dream come true, or achieved our next goal, we could still live a fully satisfied life. Successful […]

This morning I am meditating on Isaiah 58,  I especially love verse 11, but the verses around it are so revealing of our purposes as followers of Christ. I read several versions, but for this passage I really enjoy the message version.  Yesterday in a church service I was thinking about how sometimes as believers […]