Posts Tagged ‘Healing’

The Apology

“Six.” He asked me how old I was When my parents got divorced. Riding my bicycle around the driveway, I didn’t say what I was doing When they called me inside to break the news. In the foyer, Or where I stood when they stooped down, To tell me. Nothing. Or what I remember feeling. “I’m sorry.” He...

December 2nd, 2012 | Poetry | Read More

Them Dents is Valuable

Call me spoiled, but for a Pixar film, “Cars 2″ falls a little short, if only because the bar has been set insanely high by the quality of recent masterpieces such as “Toy Story 3″ and “Up”. Any comparison of “Cars 2″ with other recent Pixar...

July 11th, 2011 | Arts, Film | Read More

Of God, Oral Roberts & Mrs. Brabham

The death of Oral Roberts over a year ago caused me to reflect a lot upon Mrs. Brabham. Mrs. Barbara Brabham taught me ninth grade English, and she was one of the most joy-filled people I’ve ever met. She was also living with the effects of having polio as a young girl: a disproportionate body...

June 9th, 2011 | Culture, Featured | Read More

Cupcake Countenance: Presence

Caveat: As a novice 7th grade tuba player, I sputtered many disturbing gastrointestinal-like noises, so what I’m about to say is meant in the most loving way possible. When Ella brought her violin home last summer, it was like she had a new pet squirrel. A diurnal creature, it proceeded to squeak...

May 25th, 2011 | Columns, Cupcake Countenance, Featured | Read More

Eat, Pray, Love, Stay? Heal?

I recently saw the DVD trailer for the movie, “Eat, Pray, Love” that came out last summer. It is the screen adaptation of the widely popular memoir by Elizabeth Gilbert of her year spent traveling the world in search of healing and renewal after a divorce. Julia Roberts plays Gilbert and the...

April 28th, 2011 | Featured, Social Justice | Read More

cleansed

Walking away from a life changing moment how can I obey him “Go to the priests,” he said this man Jesus touched me I begged and pleaded “If you are willing . . .” I heard that he might help with little expectation as I approached he looked at me and saw me for the first time in...

December 9th, 2010 | Featured, Poetry | Read More

Who Would Jesus Heal?

In 1883, Emma Lazarus, a young American woman from a wealthy Jewish family, wrote a sonnet called, “The New Colossus.” Not like the brazen giant of Greek fame, With conquering limbs astride from land to land; Here at our sea-washed, sunset gates shall stand A mighty woman with a torch, whose flame Is...

October 8th, 2009 | Featured, The Remedy | Read More

Expectations of God

I mentioned my friend Dave Wenzel a few weeks ago in this post. I met Dave about a year and a half ago, and he’s been a great friend ever since. Dave is a sweet, kind guy who takes life head on. He’s one of those guys who seems to have a genuine joie de vivre which would be annoying in...

June 15th, 2009 | Blog | Read More

Questions Kids Ask and the Lame-O Answers We Give Them

“Mommy, I’ve prayed to God a million times to heal me of this flu. I’m tired of throwing up and I’m hungry and thirsty and I just want to be normal again and I’m tired of watching Spongebob. I don’t understand why I’m still sick, and I’ve prayed so much. I mean, Jesus healed all...

January 20th, 2009 | Blog | Read More