Category: Stories of Faith

Have you ever felt the freedom of a burden lifted? Can you think of a time where an issue or circumstance weighed you down, you wondered if you would carry it forever, but in a moment it was lifted? I felt a shift like this a couple of days ago. These last few months have…

Do you ever feel like life is just so…ordinary…or…incosequential? Some days I feel the awe and wonder of what it means to be alive, amazed by the creation and touched that God would call me beloved. And then other days I’m in disbelief, thinking where God in all of this is? A wise spiritual guide…

In the US this week, we celebrate Thanksgiving. It is a remarkable time of gratitude and connection that I don’t want to lose sight of amid turkey, football, and naps. This Psalm has been front and center for me this week. Open to me the gates of righteousness, that I may enter through them and…

Walking by a bookstore in the airport this week, I noticed that a famed musician, Booker T. Jones, released a book. Booker T. was instrumental in Memphis soul music and Stax Records in the ’60s and ’70s. He played on or produced an incredible number of hits and excellent songs. His jam piece, Green Onions,…

I borrowed my Father in-laws banjo when he flew south for the Winter. The instrument looks simple, but it is so hard to play. Getting a decent or somewhat listenable sound out of a banjo is a modern-day miracle. It took me back to when I started playing the guitar years ago when small improvements…

We love attending the performances of a youth theater group in our area. Families we are friends with have their kids in the shows, and my kids always want to go to see their friends perform. One year we get tickets to the Dr Seuss show Seussical the Musical. Our tickets are right down front…