by Lisa Forkner | Dec 5, 2024 | Advent, Writings
While creation waits, it reflects. Here, the still waters of a river reflect clear sky, lush greenery, bounding bridge, and distant home in perfect symmetry. In a similar way, creation reflects its Maker and tells a story of the characteristics of God. Paul invites...
by Lisa Forkner | Dec 1, 2024 | Advent, Writings
Advent begins today. Once more, we step into a holy stretch of quiet waiting. We are not alone: All creation watches for Jesus’ return with us. Not only is Advent a declaration of Jesus’ birth; it is an anticipatory celebration of God returning to the...
by Lisa Forkner | Mar 31, 2024 | Lent, Writings
“He is not here; for He has been raised, as He said.” —Matthew 28:6 Everything seemed to be going so wrong, until suddenly it wasn’t. Mystified, they stood in the presence of a resurrected Savior, the Galilean man who had been their friend. In a...
by Lisa Forkner | Mar 28, 2024 | Lent, Uncategorized, Writings
Dry and dry and dry in each direction. Dust dry. Desert dry. Bone dry… —Jan Richardson, Where the Breath Begins) Have you ever stood on ground so dry that water flowing over it would not have a chance of penetrating it? Have you felt such dust in...
by Lisa Forkner | Mar 14, 2024 | Lent, Uncategorized, Writings
When I was very little I learned to swim underwater from one end of the pool to the other. I did not yet know how to swim on the surface, but was surprisingly proficient two feet under it. I would climb down the ladder at the deep end of my grandparents’ pool,...
