by Robin | Jan 10, 2012 | Faith, Personal, Writing
there is this thing about me i wish i could change: my skin is too thin. you can almost see it, flesh stretched over frame, opaque…translucent. how can those things be when they're seemingly opposite? i've tried to change. i've tried not to care....
by Robin | Jan 6, 2012 | Faith, Personal, Writing
Ten…twenty years ago I was a lion. Loud, proud, a conqueror. I knew things. I was sure and strong and bold and confident. I'd invite you in but I controlled the distance; you just didn't realize that. Something about my roar...
by Robin | Jan 5, 2012 | (in)courage, Adventures in Germany, BIG Announcements, Faith, Family, Marriage, Personal
Life is either a daring adventure or nothing.~ Helen Keller She’s looking me dead in the eyes when she speaks, a gaze so deeply penetrating its intensity makes me want to look away…but I can’t. “God is getting ready to do a work in you not possible when you’re living...
by Robin | Jan 1, 2012 | Faith, Personal
I stumbled across a J. Hudson Taylor quote that began to challenge me the past week ~ "The one thing we n e e d is to know God b e t t e r." There's difficulty in distinguishing true need from want, because whether or not we admit it to...
by Robin | Dec 24, 2011 | Christmas, Faith, Family, Uncategorized
He slipped in sideways between the closing elevator doors, as if he were late to a meeting; he pressed the “5” without looking. Instead of suit and tie, though, baggy pants and faded navy hung on his tall, slim frame. His stealth entry stiffened the...
by Robin | Dec 22, 2011 | Christmas, Encouragement, Faith, Inspiring
Have you been following host Margaret McSweeney's 12 Pearls of Christmas devotionals? Margaret and her team invited some of today's most beloved writers (Tricia Goyer (I love her!), Babbie Mason, Suzanne Woods Fisher…and me on Christmas...