When normal changes suddenly, we flounder. Like a girl learning to swim who is suddenly required to jump in the deep end, our heart rates race, and all we learned before evaporates in the panic. We flail, our arms and legs somehow moving enough to get us to the side of the pool, though we…
Month: April 2020
Jim Elliot and the Deadly Pestilence
I’ve been thinking a lot about Psalm 91 lately. Surely he will save you from the fowler’s snare and from the deadly pestilence. He will cover you with his feathers, and under his wings you will find refuge; his faithfulness will be your shield and rampart. You will not fear the terror of night, nor…
Safe at Home
Right now my family and I might have been reclining on a beach in Mexico with extended family, reconnecting in the sun and surf after too many months apart. Instead, a chill Oregon drizzle drips from my windows and I haven’t left my house in days. I have to check the calendar to figure out…
You Are Essential
If someone in your household is a first responder, health care worker, in the food industry, a trucker, or mechanic (and many others I haven’t listed) they are essential for keeping our society functioning. Most of our “essentials” are working long hours, minimally staffed, and dangerously exhausted. We are praying non-stop for God to grant…
A Different Call
“What do I know to be true about God?” This was the question that continually ran through my mind as I walked through my garden. The spring sunshine was beating down on the damp earth and there were glimpses of green shoots reaching for the blue canopy above. Daffodils were blooming and birds were flitting…
What Would Norma Do?
Norma served in the Army Nurse Corpsin World War II,long before we met.I wish I’d known her then, but I wasn’t evena thought in my parents’ minds when sheenjoyed her prime. Norma was a dear friend, a confidant,a prayer warrior with grit and faiththat ran deep as the Mariana Trench.Her wisdom may haverivaled even Solomon’s.Maybe….
Anchored Voices 