The Lord’s lovingkindnesses indeed never cease, for His compassions never fail. They are new every morning; Great is your faithfulness. – Lamentations 3:22-23 NASB Unlike any previous year, 2018 has taught me to receive the new mercies of each day. Days 7 and 29 brought heartbreak and loss as I said goodbye to two loved… Read More MERCY BY MERCY

A promise made was quickly broken. The injustice could not, would not be made right after all. In conclusion: “you’ll just have to be the bigger person.” The tears threatened to spill as trust shattered to pieces upon the floor. And almost immediately the roots of bitterness began their clawing descent into my tender heart.… Read More STAYING TENDER: CHOOSING FOGIVENESS

(In loving memory of my grandpa, Charles H. Greene) I love you more. The familiar phrase, passed down from one generation to the next, ending phone conversations, visits home and penned as salutation in mailed letters. And as a final farewell, after the lungs breathed their last, a note with these words was scrolled, gently… Read More RECLAIMING THE MAILBOX

November 2016, as the votes were being counted and the states assigned a color I could see and (almost) feel the weight of a nation split in two. The great political divide. The race where a win could not truly be a victory with so much hatred for the opposing party being slung in both… Read More HOPE FOR A NATION