because the Word is alive
I was awakened by a dream-boy attacking me, trying to kill me with scissors. [I know, gross. Stick with me. There’s a point here.] Aren’t you glad that’s how it happens (most of the time)? We wake up before the scene gets too bloody, before our free-falling body hits the sidewalk. Before death. My dream-boy…
Oh, beloved of God. (That’s you.) Shall we pause there? That’s you. Okay, I think we can move on now. But, if you need to stay there….stay there… The season of Lent began this week. On the 13th of February I realized that Ash Wednesday was on the 14th this year, Valentine’s Day. I began…
You made your resolutions on January 1st. Now it’s January 27th. Can you…can you feel that? Slight nausea, embarrassment, frustration? You probably loved your resolutions for a day or two— posted about them on Instagram and Facebook, felt really proud. Your friends responded with those celebration cone thingys or a flexing muscle emoji and you…
Continue reading ➞ Rekindle Your Dying Resolutions in 3 Steps
[If you would like to listen to this post, click here ] This is the week of love and angels, so it seems only fitting to describe the invisible. Every Christmas, a memory I rarely talk about returns— it’s hazy, a memory experienced as a longing in my heart before a dreamy recording in my head.…
Continue reading ➞ 3 Love-Steps— Christmas by Memory [Advent Week Four]
I spent precious time with such beautiful souls today— truly, women who radiate, who bless, who love God down out their feet, up through their eyes. But, the time came for them to leave— all people leave. We leave each other for short amounts of time and long amounts of time. Everyone leaves their bodies.…
Continue reading ➞ Never Abandoned— Joy in His Presence [Advent Week Three]
Hi, friends! I'm attempting to share a bit more via audio for those who prefer to listen rather than read, or who would like to be able to clean or wrap presents while drinking in the Word. I hope you enjoy! Peace. https://soundcloud.com/doni-owens/preparation-as-christs-lover-two-passages-and-a-few-thoughts
Hi, friends! I'm attempting to share a bit more via audio for those who prefer to listen rather than read, or who would like to be able to clean or wrap presents while drinking in the Word. I hope you enjoy! Peace. https://soundcloud.com/doni-owens/preparation-as-christs-lover-two-passages-and-a-few-thoughts
