High desert storms—grey skies, cold winds, red dust everywhere. With the rainy season long past, it’s no longer necessary to roll up towels under the door to soak up the torrent of rain leaking in. It’s now about somehow sealing off the rush of freezing air pouring through the swamp cooler. And the dust? There’s […]

It’s been a long while since I dared to pick up the pen and let the ink run.  This season has been one of heavy silence—one where the words come slow, where words, most days, simply can’t be found. It’s been a time of earnest fighting to hold onto the last shreds of hope. Days […]

Grey skies leak and soak into the thirsty, red soil of the desert mesa. My thoughts circulate and spin. On this drizzly Sunday afternoon in the high deserts of Arizona, I ponder what He’s been whispering to me these recent weeks and months. I’ve been traveling this winding path called life. It’s taken me through […]

It’s been long since I pinned words to paper, since I set aside moments to let my thoughts flow–but there’s a little something I’ve been learning here in the desert, here in the middle of serving, of giving, that I must let the ink run. I’m not going to give an account of glorious miracles, […]

Courage. It’s a word that’s been floating around my head these days, a word He quietly spoke to me saying, “this My child, is My word for you right now.”  Some say courage is David come to meet Goliath, come to kill his giant. Some say courage is Martin Luther nailing the thesis to the […]

God, I have no idea what I’m doing here! I’m so unqualified! I inwardly groaned. But I’m here…so do something crazy! I begged. For the first time in my life, I stepped into the classroom — not as a student, but as a part-time teacher. *** Sitting at his desk and engrossed in a world […]