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Pregnant with the World to Come
Anticipation fills my heartLonging for the world to comeA placeWhere birds no longer chasedBy ice and cold.Where children no more die and strayAnd mothers get to holdTheir babes – caress their smiling face. My soul it thirstsFor coming ways when newsOf sickness and of shortened daysNot even are in memories past.When instead the soulLooks straight Read more
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The Suit
A Short Story (Fiction – Kind Of) John stood in the cold bedroom staring into the dresser mirror and stroked a strand of white hair from his face. His skin sagged around his high cheekbones and neck. The white shirt and black tie made him look even more pale than he already was. The Read more
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The Worship of the Luna Moth
Sometimes a story makes me emotional before I ever understand it completely, before I have dug for its meaning and before I had time to meditate on it to see what God might have to say through it. This one is one of those stories. I have not completely comprehended what it all means and Read more
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Good Fruit
She bent back hard when I leaned into her mature branches. For years she had been faithfully producing fruit, each year a little more. This past week, I was worried she wasn’t able to take much more of the intense spring storms. I was concerned she would break when strong winds whipped thought the Read more
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The Rushing of the River
O, that you be quieted, my soul – Not with the words of the wiseNor with the arguments of kingsNot even by the sound of grand symphonies — But that your depth would find its peace In the deafening sound of the rushing river In the persistent call of the mother wren And in the Read more
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Of Billion Dollar Deals and The Cost of Discipleship
What is a good deal for some, might not be for others. It all depends on the side of the table you occupy. When my husband’s employer of 23 years made the announcement last month that the company sold for billions of dollars, not everyone was excited. “This is the time to reinvent yourself,” said Read more
Heidi Viars 