There is a lot of attention given to September 11th. Rightfully so. It was a day that changed the way we see the world. As a country, we are still looking through the lenses of fear we were given on that day 16 years ago. We can’t help but remember the event which stunned and … Continue reading September 12th
Miracles (Part 3)
I am a skeptic. I was raised in America where skepticism is clothed in the intellectual pursuit of knowledge. The traditional church doesn’t seek out miracles due to the belief that they were only needed when the church was being formed and the Bible was being written. The non-traditional church believes that healing happens every … Continue reading Miracles (Part 3)
Stories of the Gates (part 2)
After the World Racers and their parents have been reunited with many tears and much joy, the mission begins. Over the next few days our hosts create plans for how we can help them in their mission to love their people well. It is pretty straight forward, feed the poor, care for the widows and … Continue reading Stories of the Gates (part 2)
Romania (Part 1)
Outside my window there is a cacophony of noise, roosters crow, dogs bark, and pigeons coo. Horse drawn carts clop, clop along and cars rev their engines and honk their horns. The sky is baby blue with cotton ball clouds. Someone is sweeping down below and the sound of the broom echoes up into my … Continue reading Romania (Part 1)
Faith vs. Surrender
Since I wrote the middle-of-the-night-scare-your-family-and-friends blog titled I Wish, I have been thinking about it quite a bit. Somehow it was extremely freeing to write from the depths of my soul like that. I think to open up and let the hard stuff be seen was a big step for me. I typically hold it … Continue reading Faith vs. Surrender
Guest Blog: Hope is a Four-letter Word
As told by Bill Gunnin Hope is a four-letter word. Most people think of it as a positive word, a word that looks forward. For me, with my head injury, it is a word that makes me sick. A tormenting word, which never works out for me. Most of the time the feeling I have … Continue reading Guest Blog: Hope is a Four-letter Word
Enchanted Moment
It was an enchanted moment…a gift. And I nearly missed it. My brand-new husband peeked out of the curtains of our honeymoon suite. “Shell, get up and come look at this. It’s a gift!” I was snuggled deep into the covers. My eyes were shuttered closed and happy to be that way. After months of … Continue reading Enchanted Moment
The Brick Wall
This is another in a series of guest blogs from my husband about what it is like to live with a Traumatic Brain Injury. (TBI) I saw the sentence in bold written on a notepad. I asked him to tell me more about it and this is what he said to me. The Brick … Continue reading The Brick Wall
A Word About Vulnerability
A word about vulnerability. This word has been popping up in my comment threads recently as I have written about the hard place we are currently walking. (Thanks for the comments, btw. It is nice to know people are reading and my words are not floating into a black hole somewhere. 🙂 ) Because of … Continue reading A Word About Vulnerability
Guest Blog
Today I have an important guest blogger, my husband Bill. He has a story to tell that is important. In fact, it is one of the things that has been swept under the rug at our house for years, as we have been in survival mode. It is where so much of our lives together … Continue reading Guest Blog
Michelle's Mosaic 