Alabaster Box

Funny how windows become a mirror to what is inside a house at nighttime. We briefly experience what it feels like looking into our portholes, watching familiar forms and movements live and settle. What kind of people are we?
Talking on a cellphone.
Dishes on the table.
Faces on the television.
Candles on the mantle.
People muddling through life trying [...]

Filed under: Poetry, Reflections on April 21st, 2009 | 8 Comments »

“Do you ever feel reluctant to pray “whatever it takes” prayers for fear that God might actually answer them?
The fear is misplaced.
The real danger lies in settling for less.”
– Jon Bloom

Filed under: Quotes on April 16th, 2009 | 13 Comments »

I wrote this poem in a hotel room a few hours after my grandmother’s funeral. The words had been ringing in my ears all evening. I am so thankful for hope even in grief. Redemption is a tender comfort in death’s pain.
darkened room
somber mood
lifeless face
casket closed
weeping eyes
tender hugs
heads are down
memories pulse
I look around this room [...]

Filed under: Gospel, Poetry, Reflections on April 10th, 2009 | 6 Comments »

Far back as I can remember I have loved Psalms 73, especially the ending:
Whom have I in heaven but You?
And besides You, I desire nothing on earth.
My flesh and my heart may fail,
But God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever.
For, behold, those who are far from You will perish;
You have destroyed [...]

Filed under: Reflections, Scripture on April 8th, 2009 | 11 Comments »

I am in one of those moods in which I have much to say — but I can’t get it out in a logical way. Anyone ever have those moments? I have begun about five or six blog posts all encompassing different subjects, but after reading over them . . . let’s just say I [...]

Filed under: My Life, Reflections, Scripture on April 2nd, 2009 | 9 Comments »