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Lay Back in the Cut

I am learning to “lay back in the cut.” Roughly, it means to relax, to just be, without the need for constant activity or stimulation or anxiety or worry or (fill in the blank). My husband, who is more acquainted with the hip-hop music genre than I will ever be, introduced me to this phrase. …

Red Light

“You sing a song while sitting at a red light, yeah you think of home while sitting at a red light. Too slow to roll, put your life on hold. An open path with nowhere to go. You start to wonder while sitting at a red light. You can run a red light. Give up…

God With Us

“Where shall I go from your Spirit? Or where shall I flee from your presence? If I ascend to heaven, you are there! If I make my bed in Sheol, you are there! If I take the wings of the morning and dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea, even there your hand shall…

"Live" by Nichole Nordeman

Photo by Michelle Johnson Did you come that we might just survive?Did you come so we could just get by?Did you walk among usso we might merely limp along beside? I was bound, I have been set freeBut I have settled for apathyDid you come to make newAnd know I’d crawl right back into the…

Healing Rain

God delighted us in numerous ways on safari. It almost seemed that everything we secretly prayed for happened. One of my favorite moments (among many) was rain on the Masai Mara. On the first day of safari, I made the off-hand comment, “Wouldn’t it be cool to see rain on that mountain?” The mountain I…