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,...
by Lisa Forkner | Mar 2, 2024 | Lent, Writings
I have a confession to make. I am dissatisfied way too often. Surrounded by bounty and abundance, I focus on scarcity, scanning the horizon for what might be more, or better. Failing to acknowledge the good that God has placed so faithfully right there at my feet, I...
by Lisa Forkner | Feb 24, 2024 | Lent, Writings
Lately I’ve had paths on my mind. Straight ones in particular. Before Jesus began his public ministry, John the Baptist came preaching repentance because the kingdom of heaven had come near. Quoting the prophet Isaiah, John cried, “Prepare the way for the...
by Lisa Forkner | Feb 14, 2024 | Lent, Writings
Have you ever heard of “The New England Dark Day”? The sun came up as usual on May 19, 1780, but then the skies over the northeastern seaboard darkened as far north as Portland, Maine and as far south as New Jersey. George Washington apparently wrote about...
