Earth is a beautiful but broken place, and it’s hard to accept this fact and know what to do with it. It’s hard to see brokenness painted on an earth-sized canvas and detailed in the eyes of every man, woman, and child. Hope and sorrow are always mingled in this world, a tandem pairing in … Continue reading Loved Back To Life
This one's a little different...but I think you'll like it. It's a real page turner ;) I buy books when I’m sad. Not new ones, but thrift-store books that smell of old cigarette smoke and have someone else’s name scrawled in them. My copy of To the Lighthouse by Virginia Woolf was printed in 1965 … Continue reading My Life in Books: A Love Letter to Literature
A question that is always on my mind is how to reconcile my faith in God with all the evil that happens in the world. We all ask these questions, because we all see the pain and hear about the shootings and death and poverty and wow. So much. Too much to handle. It's not … Continue reading Turn Your Face to God in Prayer (When the World is Too Much To Handle)
Sometimes we need a little inspiration to kick us out of our comfort zones. Here is a story to do just that... I'm obsessed with street festivals. Buskers, art, street performers, live music, vendors...any strange and quirky street event (not involving drugs or sex) always makes my heart happy. I've been that way ever since … Continue reading I Traded a Ring for Hope
I'd had enough of the burning sensation to my eyeballs so I squeezed my lids shut and cancelled out the sun. I 've been told that gingers have more sensitive eyes than most people. It's probably true, since red-heads also have sensitive skin, low pain tolerance, and other strange quirks. I swung my legs over … Continue reading Sunshine & Ignorance
Ruth Marie Paterson 