7 a.m. Praise and Thanksgiving on the Rooftop

If you have read  my previous post, you can probably guess that I am not a morning person. For 16 years of my professional life, when I went to work I drove east across the lake near our house. If only I could have pulled over and stopped every morning to wait for the day … Read more

At 3 a.m. In the Throne Room of Prayer

Or will this ever go away? Through the past twenty-five or so years, I’ve been awake at this hour for two to four nights a week. Not sure what started it.  Depression, stress, work, parenting, caring for aging parent… all of them played a role in its inception. I have no problems going to sleep, … Read more

Midnight in the Garden of Prayer

When I find myself in a garden at night I sense a serenity there that is  accompanied by a sense of possible danger. That slight line of fear in the background of what I cannot see lurks there in the darkness- the unknown and unseen. There is a permeating fragrance in the darkness that I … Read more