I am creating a series of art and poems based on the words Jesus spoke to women. This poem is based on the account of Jesus’ conversation with Martha found in Luke 10:38-42. spices, shopping lists, times, menus, moneyI hold my homein my head my place fixedkneading for needs,tangible and solid a well-ordered house of peacewhere no one walks awayhungry but today’s tasksrun dizzying circleswhile Mary sits absorbing my slower sisternearly touching his feetassumes a learner’s pose irritation sours meuntil I burstto...
“God, how are you going to do this?” I felt like I have faced the impossible this year and seen God move in miraculous ways. Yet even now, there are situations big and small that seem impossible. I can’t control them. I can’t fix them. A while ago, I was reading through Luke and noticed the two passages below right next to each other in the account of the events before Jesus’ birth (I am highlighting the parts that...
I was so honored to get to display my art in TWO local shows. One was at The Church of the Incarnation here in Harrisonburg. They have an entire Arts Incarnate program dedicated to platforming local artists and celebrating the arts with monthly art shows and musical and dance performances. My First Friday opening was shared with a local basket weaver and a performance by a local band. It was so fun! I am displaying the large landscapes and...
Last weekend I had the opportunity to attend a conference for women leaders. The founder, Cherelle Johnson, formed her organization with the goal of empowering Christian women to achieve their goals and offer their unique gifts and talents to the world. Several of the speakers, including Pastor Chris Johnson, spoke of the importance of the words you speak to yourself and encouraged the practice of daily affirmations. I was really inspired by the potential of that practice. I think...
I don’t know how God speaks to you. For me, it’s often in the form of repeated themes from a variety of sources. I hear something in a counseling session. I hear it again in a sermon. I read it in Scripture. I hear it on a podcast or in a book. I talk it over with a friend. Slowly, a truth begins to reshape me. A theme for me lately has been inner wisdom. I think of this...
I am creating a series of art and poems based on the words Jesus spoke to women. This poem is based on the account of Jesus’ conversation with a Canaanite woman with a demon-possessed daughter found in Matthew 15:21-28 and Mark 7:24-30. my fragile daughtera frayed sail in endless squallsme, her anchor casting hopeon every idolcrushed by idle indifference a foreign woman in a border townis unmoored, useless as a stray dog I hear the healing Teacherhas come to townand I go...
