Hello! Thanks for being a paid subscriber to my Substack page. Above is a demo version of my song “469.” For background on the song, check out the post below from a few weeks ago.
May 15 2023
May 12 2023
I Prayed Anyway
“I have prayed so hard. I don’t think I have any prayers left in me.“
She sobbed and held her daughter's hand, and stroked her forehead. She was bloodied, broken, and lifeless. I knelt next to her. The…
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May 11 2023
Prayer Doesn’t Work
“I hope this donation of thoughts and prayers is as effective in your re-election campaign as it is in stopping mass shootings.”
A picture of a check for the amount of “Thoughts and Prayers,” made out to an…
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May 9 2023
This isn’t how it was supposed to happen!
“This isn’t how it was supposed to happen!”
It was an ordinary day. They spent time with family and friends. They had lunch together. They took a trip to the store. Everything was as it should be. It…
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May 5 2023
A Symbolic End
DING!
My phone chirped and buzzed its familiar alert. My lock screen lit up with a headline from one of our local news channels. “COVID HEALTH EMERGENCY OVER!”
The World Health Organization announced today that Covid-19 no longer…
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May 3 2023
The world is broken and beautiful, and so am I
The house is quiet. The dogs have stopped racing around for the moment. Michelle is at work. The kids are at school. It’s just me.
We live in a simple house on a quiet street, and today it…
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May 1 2023
I wonder what is happening beyond my sight when God goes silent
I’ve been thinking a lot about silence lately.
I’m an introvert, so silence doesn’t bother me. Silence is like oxygen to me. Without a steady diet of quiet, I gasp for breath like an asthmatic frantically searching for…
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Apr 28 2023
Maybe Sometimes the Silence of God is Exactly What I Need
“Do you have someone to lead the service for you?”
They sat together in a warmly decorated room. The chairs were soft and would have been comfortable anywhere else. But no one is comfortable in these chairs. No…
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Apr 25 2023
First Crack, Fruity Notes and the Peace of God
“Shh. Hang on just one second. I need to listen.”
The exhaust fan above the stove droned on, rattling the picture frames in the front room. The drum of the roaster hummed its subtle whir as the beans…
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Apr 24 2023
Sometimes I wish following Jesus was like an easy stroll across a steady and stable bridge
“Whew. That’s a view there buddy!”
30 mph winds swirled through the canyon as Nik Wallenda stepped on to the wire. It was a two-inch steel cable, 1500 ft above the ground. No net. No harness. On live…
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Apr 21 2023
A Beautiful, Terrible, Life-Changing, Faith-Forming Time
He had only been alive for a few hours, but he’d already endured much.
Beyond the trauma any of us go through in just being born, he was immediately rushed to the NICU. He didn’t get to be…
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Apr 18 2023
Knock and the Door Shall Be Opened...
“Can I help you?”
I opened the back door and saw a man standing by our garage, rattling the doorknob and trying to get in.
“Can I help you?” I said again, cautiously.
He turned slightly toward me and mumbled…
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