thirty:lessons&years being a leader often means being alone.   it’s important to lead by example; words alone aren’t very convincing. (thx:ma/pa.) hope can be lost, held in waiting, regained and rebuilt.  the best laughter has a tell: your knees buckle. falling in love is by another name is simply finding ‘home’. pain is a teacher — it will change your {physical,...

WHEN THE TEARS FALL -- Tim Hughes Listen here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XkdKJqQkYeo I've had questions without answers; I've known sorrow, I have known pain. But there's one thing that I'll cling to You are faithful, Jesus, You're true. When hope is lost, I'll call you Saviour When pain surrounds, I'll call you Healer When silence falls, You'll be the song within...

When I started this blog in 2009, it was in some of my loneliest days of living far from dear friends and within a time that I was learning what it meant to sing praises even when I felt too low to smile. I named it 'Off With Your Sandals' because it was for times when I needed to come in close and listen closely to what God was telling me about Himself, about how He loves us...

habit of awareness / pt 2 hope. i have seen great beauty come from barren ground that no one could imagine would yield fruit. today i believe that God is active, despite what i experience as waiting. and as i wait... i believe that, as image-bearers of Christ, i am called to be an agent of reconciliation despite being in a world that teaches us to isolate, fortify, and move on...