Sowing talents

I was two when my fingers first met the strings of a violin. Shortly thereafter they begrudgingly became acquainted with the keys of a piano. From that point until I was in the ninth grade those two instruments dominated my life. When I wasn’t playing them, I was riding in a car to go play […]

Oreo.

His life started rough and ended abruptly. The bit sandwiched in the middle was a picture of how God can use even the smallest, most insignificant things to bring joy and healing to His people.  My parents found Oreo on Petfinder. It’s a nationwide website that connects people looking for a pet with pets looking […]

Remembering sparrows

I watched the truck pull cautiously back into our drive loaded down with men, wood, and a hot but happy baby. I could just barely hear the girlish squeals coming from the backseat and see the swish of curls as her head whipped from one side to the other trying to figure out which man […]

Selfish praying

The air in the Highlands reminds me that it’s October. Crisp, but not biting, with spurts of heat that at home would be the remainders of summer. Here they are reminders that the equator is close at hand. Technically it’s not quite rainy season, but all the characteristics are beginning to appear. The Highlands’ mornings […]