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The Saturday Journal: Waiting on Zion-A Christmas Story

Waiting on Zion is the story I wrote for our church's Christmas play last year--or I should say the foundation of the story. I've been...

Nov 235 min read

The Saturday Journal: Store Keepers

I’ve been pondering this childhood memory on and off for a while–maybe it’s because we are in the season of gratefulness. Maybe it’s the...

Nov 164 min read

The Saturday Journal: Acknowledgements. A Giving of Thanks

He said, 'What's your name?' And I told him. 'I used to know a Tommy Lackey--went to school with him,' he added. 'That was my Daddy,' I...

Nov 94 min read

The Saturday Journal: In Time

The skies are slowly changing outside my window–trickles of light shine through the dark skies–the earth spinning on its axis. And as I...

Nov 23 min read

The Saturday Journal: Her Sacred Bag

I can’t describe in words how much I wanted to reach down into her bag and take what was hers. Not steal it, but just borrow it for a...

Oct 264 min read

The Saturday Journal: It Is What It Is

He has a sign on his fireplace mantle that reads, It is what it is . He’s a cancer survivor. Like me. And I said those very words when...

Oct 197 min read

The Saturday Journal: Questions. Curiosity and Hope.

We were on a road trip–he, in the back seat and me in the driver’s seat. I told him I was proud of him and then I asked, do you know what...

Oct 124 min read

The Saturday Journal: The Rescue

It was last Monday--the Monday following Hurricane Helene and my daughter sent me a screenshot of this kitten. A kitten that had been...

Oct 54 min read

The Saturday Journal: Running Toward the Storm

The morning is quiet. It's early. It's dark. And we're all holding our breath--waiting for the storm to come. Hurricane Helene. Some...

Sep 213 min read

The Saturday Journal: Oil for My Lamp

The Sunday School class was four and five-year-olds and it was my Sunday to teach. Lesson number 16–The Parable of the Ten Virgins. And...

Sep 143 min read

The Saturday Journal: I hope you know how special you are--

She came into the office–asking lots of questions about employment–jobs available. She told me she was ready to make a change–because of...

Sep 73 min read

The Saturday Journal: The Lobby

His chest raises with each breath. He snores slightly. And not far away, a woman sobs. It’s a place that never sleeps. Never rests. ...