Be Still

Be Still

“Surely I have calmed and quieted my soul, like a weaned child with his mother; like a weaned child is my soul within me.”  Psalm 131:2     I’ve never been able to just “be still.”  I get restless if I have to sit for too long without something to occupy my...
To Have Wings Like a Dove

To Have Wings Like a Dove

It’s been a rotten day.  Nothing truly terrible has happened – no illness, no catastrophes, no kids in jail (yet), no bodily harm has been inflicted (yet).  It’s just been, well, rotten.  It’s been one of those “all the little things have added up” sorts of days....
Bird Brain

Bird Brain

“What is he up to?” I asked myself, heading down the hallway one morning.  The tapping and scraping sounds grew louder the further I went down the hall.  Daniel was the only one down there.  I opened his bedroom door to find him lounging on his bed, reading a book and...
Bird Song and Butterfly Wings

Bird Song and Butterfly Wings

“I love to think of nature as an unlimited broadcasting station, through which God speaks to us every hour, if we will only tune.”  ~George Washington Carver   The morning breeze rippled the curtains.  Sunlight streamed between the slats of the mini-blinds –  a...