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Sit with me on this brink of time.

Tonight is the threshold of a new calendar year. It could be a turning point – we hope it is. And this kind of assessment could be part of any turning point, any transitional moment. I don’t make New Year resolutions, but I can assess the situation and evaluate my resources just like preparing to go on a road trip. Only this time, I’m traveling into 2021 and beyond. First, the question:

 

What did I do with 2020?

Well, I finished writing, then published my second book in early March. It’s a memoir of the ten-year period of paradox when my marriage dissolved and God became absolutely real and bizarre. Check it out here: Turn & Walk: an unexpected quest. My website went live shortly after I began self-isolating. Read more

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What can I do?   

These last months of virus epidemic already had me a little on edge, then add fresh agony of wrongful death, I wanted to fix it, wanted to fix it all! I saw lots of positive energy invested into the chaos of pain and too much negative energy deflecting progress. I want to do something – but what? I kept pacing, kept asking, “What can I do?”

“What should I do?”

Should I surrender reason and run off the cliff with all my family of lemming? Lemmings do the same thing as others regardless of whether it’s smart or thought through. I’m pretty sure I’m not a lemming.

I also established in my book, Turn & Walk: an unexpected quest, that I’m an ‘outside-the-box’ believer. I’m a woman of strong deep faith but passionate about staying clear of gatekeepers – all gatekeepers.

I do NOT follow a preacher, church leader, or movement spokesperson, even if they are a good person. I DO gather information from a broad range of sources, always hoping for solutions or salve for deep wounds. Neither speeches nor sermons heal wounds unless they motivate hearts to step in with care.

It’s time I look again at what God’s intentions might be for people. Read more