Mission Dreams

Mission Dreams

The ladies’ room of the Newark International Airport smelled like Fruity Pebbles, which was a pleasanter welcome than you’d expect. Conversely, the weather outside was stifling, pretty much like the clime we’d just come from, one situated much closer to the equator. Who would guess that nearly 3,000 miles north it would be equally as…

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Poetry: Four Rivers

POETRY: Four Rivers

This poem sums up my experience at St. Davids Writers’ Conference. It was my first journey of such a distance alone, as well as the first time I was in a place by myself for 5 days. I wasn’t by myself for long though. Beautiful people greeted me there and made me one of their…

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Power in the Blood

Second Sunday Song: Power in the Blood

SONG: I’m from New Jersey and I love bluegrass. Weird right? There’s something about the upbeat combination of fiddles and tight harmonies that makes my soul soar. Shane and Shane’s Power in the Blood conveys a toe-tappingly wonderful message; there’s power in the blood of Jesus. This version is a nod to the Kentucky-born style of…

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An Open Letter to Maddi Runkles, Teen Mom

Maddi Runkles, teen-mom-to-be, recently made national news when she was banned by her Christian high school, Heritage Academy, from walking in her graduation ceremony. Why? Because she’s pregnant and chose to keep her baby. You can read her very own account of this from the Orlando Sentinel HERE. Maddi Runkles and her story have touched me…

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