A Life Called to Love

God Smiling On Us

I took this photo yesterday with my phone. Let the heavens rejoice, let the earth be glad.

I am reading a great book entitled “Tattoos on the Heart: The Power of Boundless Compassion” by Gregory Boyle. Father Boyle is a Jesuit priest who works with gang members in Los Angeles. He pastored a congregation there and founded Homeboy Industries, a non-profit organization that employs current and former gang members in various occupations…

Beautiful Things

I woke up with a worship song on my mind this morning, “Beautiful Things” by Gungor. The chorus repeats these lines with varying degrees of volume and intensity throughout the song: “You make beautiful things, you make beautiful things out of the dust. You make beautiful things, you make beautiful things out of us.” Funny…

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…