In an attempt to quiet my mind during morning prayer, I imagined being on my knees at Jesus’ feet. Something about being on our knees is immediately humbling. My attention soon shifted to a listening stance. In a few moments of just breathing and waiting, I sensed Jesus saying, “even though you’re tempted to get …
The more my life is about putting God first, focusing on God rather than worldly desires, the more I discover myself thirsting like the deer who “pants for the water”. As the deer pants for the water brooks, so my soul pants after you, God.” -Psalm 42:1 I didn’t realize how deeply I yearned for …
I read a Facebook post comment yesterday where a woman wrote about being dissatisfied with some of the churches she’s frequented. She called one a Stepford church because everyone looked alike — women wore the same kind of 2.5 inch heeled pumps and similar floral print dresses, calf-length, with a platter collar. It made me …
I’m so blessed by writing Holy Vacation Queen blog, it’s a sort of church for me, a spiritual practice, one of the ways I abide in God, and attune to God’s will, a way I separate myself from the voices of the world. I never knew how blessed I’d be by the amazing community …
(This is a revised blog I wrote in 2015..) Somehow with the overwhelm of political news, I missed the year anniversary of Maya Angelou’s death on May 28th, 2016. Maya has been an inspiration to helping me give voice to my work as a creative artist. She also endorsed my first documentary years ago, which …