“To walk out of His will is to walk into nowhere.”   C.S. Lewis

Guest writer Tina Orduno
Many of us know the logical reason we do the things we do. But we don’t know the purpose behind what we are logically doing day after day.
We’ve established our plans, goals, and action steps that fit into our strategies. But we haven’t taken time to figure out why what we do really [...]

Alone in the early morning hours, I seek my Lover
I long to hear His voice whisper into my ear
To see myself in His eyes of fire
I thirst for His living waters
I hunger for His bread

Come my Holy One and intertwine my heart with Yours
Your name I sing out
Wanting to be heard in Your courts
I am [...]

The Carpenters sung about “rainy days and Mondays always get me down”. I can remember more than a few Monday’s had me agree with this sentiment. This Monday morning was certainly cold and wet but still it was a gift to wake up to have another day to explore. A friend reminded me today of [...]

“You are what you eat.” A statement most associate with food and weight but this is not really the truth that matters. We all feed ourselves with what we crave up until we learn perhaps our cravings are unhealthy. Even in the face of that reality, some persons choose to ignore still.
I was once required [...]

When I was in my late teens I was living in Japan and spent a great deal of time seeking solace upon a favorite beach, watching both sunrises and sunsets. I used to wonder a great deal about my life; what it had been, what it was and what it was to become? Listening to [...]

Valentine’s day messages are all the rage in emails, television ads and every grocery isle where space was made to decorate with red and pink roses. I was left a special message to be happy this day by my loving husband. His tender heart makes my own ache with love and I am ever [...]

There was a song in the seventies called “Anticipation” written and sung by Carly Simon and although I don’t remember all the lyrics I do recall it moaning, “anticipation, it’s keeping me waiting”. That has to be the line for our very lives today.
A restlessness is stirring me in places I cannot define but I [...]

Some days just come and go so fast I am left looking at the dusk of it wondering “what did I do with it?” Wouldn’t it be great to have a do-over only you actually get to choose what you really wanted to do? I am pretty sure I would have taken a pass [...]

I stopped at the side door and just shook my head. It was a deluge outside and I wondered at the timing of this recent release. I had no coat with me, nor an umbrella. I had actually been hoping the weather would hold so I could take a walk alone on some trail. [...]