When God is silent…

It’s been a rough day or two here on Ye Olde Faith Journey. I wrote the text below for my church’s Lent devotional last year, and post it here today as a reminder to myself. Perhaps it’s a reminder you needed today too.  Psalm 22 1 My God, my God, why have you forsaken me? Why are you so far from saving me, so far from my cries of anguish? 2 My God, I cry out by…

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The belly of the whale, part 1

The following story is true. I’m not a good enough writer to make this kind of stuff up. I never bargained on being in the belly of the whale. At that point, my life was pretty great. I was 24, working in my first job out of college and having a great time. I had a great mentor in my boss, a good working environment, an apartment I shared with my best friend from high…

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Sometimes it’s hard to be a woman…

I hang out with an awesome group of women on Wednesday nights. I am the oldest of the group (shocker…) and their leader, for lack of a better term. Mainly, that means I select the books or passages we read and try to keep us on track in our conversations. Both tasks are harder than you would think. I just came back from one of our meetings, uplifted and encouraged by what God is doing…

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Tall, gangly, kind of goofy looking..

I have a crush on my kickboxing instructor. Physically, he’s exactly my type – tall, blonde, gangly, kind of goofy looking. Just the kind of man I’ve been falling for since I was 14. He’s crazy intense during these classes, getting up in our faces and urging us to push harder, kick higher, run faster than we thought we could. Since I’m just a wee bit competitive, I turn into a kickboxing demon when faced…

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