I just want you to know I’m right here with you, always. Even when I’m the furthest thing from your mind, I’m in the air you breath- surrounding you, illuminating the atmosphere. In this moment: Can you feel the sweetness of My presence? The Truth is: you’re swimming in Love … Can you see My […]
Voices of Unity: Maya Angelou “Still I Rise”
A world renowned poet and activist, Maya Angelou was a master of connecting with people’s hearts and souls. Growing up in segregated south, she experienced poverty, racism and child rape. Instead of breaking her spirit, these challenges opened her to the depth of human experience and informed her ability to write with faith, power, […]
Deeper Life: Creating light out of darkness
There’s a coarse black blanket that can shroud light for a while, but it doesn’t have the power to extinguish what God created. When we pray under the cover of darkness, eventually we grow so radiant that the Creator decides it’s time to unveil His work. With dramatic flair, He pulls the dark cloak off, and we experience the reason He […]
My spiritual writing journey
I shouldn’t be surprised I’m becoming a faith writer because I first felt a calling to write as a little girl at my grandmas kitchen table, while playing under a painting of the last supper. It wasn’t the artwork that influenced me, and it wasn’t my grandma either – at least not in a tangible […]
Simple Faith: Acknowledge the presence of God
Like a drop of pure white paint, the Spirit enters our colorful lives. Before long, She seems to blend in- and we forget, Who lightened us up. Divine Artist, keep pouring Your radiant love into me- I want to overflow Your brilliance into this dark world.
What I loved about my first open mic night
I recently submitted a poem to a local community blog, which was curated by a spoken word artist. I personally am NOT a spoken word artist – at all. I’m a very shy and private person, who likes writing poems to express my faith and encourage others. Since I’m writing more consistently now, I’m at a […]
Spiritual Journey: When it seems like all hope is lost
Prayers like paper lanterns – Don’t let the horrors of the world fool you. No matter how powerless you feel, there is always something you can do to help. Just light up your best intentions from deep within your heart, and send prayers into the sky like paper lanterns. Your faith will rise up like […]
Meditation on Christ’s presence
Can you feel His royal presence standing next to you right now? Strong and tall, beaming with transcendent power. He’s holding a crystal pitcher filled with the most pristine graces- golden unconditional love is bubbling over and blended with creamy peace and sparkling radiant joy … He wants to pour every ounce of this delectable goodness […]
Job description
Writing poetry feels exactly like taking care of children. Ideas keep running up to me “Mom Mom, write me first” I have to take a deep breath and tell everybody to wait their turn … it’s exhausting and wonderful, my heart is full.
Simple Faith: Exerience God’s grandeur in nature
Gazing over the vast canyon of Your unconditional love, I begin to sense the depths You would go to carve a place for each of us in Your ethereal home. Everything gorgeous points to Your majesty. The grandeur of nature exists, so we can marvel at Your presence in it. You call to us from […]