The Shoes of a Poet’s Wife

 “In the main, Christians do not have an abstract, philosophical concept of God; rather, they understand God primarily through the stories in
the Bible….”
                                                                           Thomas Long
                                                                           Testimony
On a beautiful fall morning in my town, I went over to a local church that was hosting a worship workshop. I was only able to stay for awhile, because I wanted [...]

No Water in the Lake

 “When, a few years later, I stumbled across that Benedictine monastery, I found worship that was far more accessible and refreshing. The monks, it
seemed, were in less of a hurry, less frantic to fill
the air with a quantity of words.”
                                                                      Kathleen Norris
                                                                      Amazing Grace
 ”How does one keep on being creative?” That was the first question. [...]