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 [...]
![3 Love-Steps— Christmas by Memory [Advent Week Four]](https://doniellehart.files.wordpress.com/2017/12/winter-dance-pic.jpg?w=720)
[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. [...]
![Never Abandoned— Joy in His Presence [Advent Week Three]](https://doniellehart.files.wordpress.com/2017/12/late-winter-early-spring-2017-089.jpg?w=720)
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. [...]
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
![Christ’s Advent at Your Christmas Party [and on the last day of your achy body]](https://doniellehart.files.wordpress.com/2017/12/christs-advent-at-your-christmas-party.jpg?w=474)
We prepare for who is coming. Many of you, I think, experience this: You set a date for a gathering. You envision friends or family at the table, their smiles. You picture soft lights and imagine breathing in delicious smells— so you make sure your star lights have batteries, make a grocery list, and pick [...]
![Three Reasons Why Sharing Your Extra [and Living in Community] is Hard](https://doniellehart.files.wordpress.com/2017/10/giving-away-extra-photo.jpeg?w=720)
How many times have you had food in the fridge and it ends up in the garbage? How many times have you had extra time and it ends up in the garbage? Yep, me too. It’s not something to be ashamed of— not eating all of your chicken does not mean you just took a [...]
![Love Always Protects [Me Too]](https://doniellehart.files.wordpress.com/2017/10/love-always-protects-1.png?w=720)
[Please note: This post includes some of my personal experiences of sexual harassment. I am not sharing these experiences out of spite or for shock value, but because I believe sharing them could be beneficial. Love keeps no record of wrongs— in fact, when I was keeping a record of these wrongs in my heart, [...]
