Healer
John 14:9 “Anyone who has seen me has seen the Father.” Does God still heal today? I'm not talking about the runny nose, broken bone, upset stomach kind of healing. I’m talking about the cancer kind of healing. The big, bad, scary disease kind of healing. The “I can’t function anymore” kind of healing. The kind of healing...
Gift from Heaven
Lamentations 3:22-23 I awoke this morning to a world blanketed in snow. Not the thick, heavy duvet cover of last month’s blizzard. Not the kind you are forewarned of and prepared for. Not the kind of snow that falls relentlessly for days on end. This morning’s snow was a surprise. And it was all the more lovely because no...
In the Beginning
Genesis 1-2 “In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.” Ten simple words that introduce the most widely read book of all time. Ten simple words that tell me much about God’s nature. Ten simple words that whisper to me how deeply God loves me. Like the Prologue in a great Shakespearean drama, these ten words set the...
O Come, O Come Emmanuel
“Rejoice! Rejoice! Emmanuel shall come to thee o Israel!” O Come O Come Emmanuel has always been one of my favorite Christmas carols, not just for its haunting, deeply melodic minor tones, but also because of its very poignant words that speak of the longing of a nation to be visited by their God. One of my favorite names for God...
Christmas Baby
Luke 2:19 Twenty-two years ago today I became a mother. I don't think there could have been a more ill prepared mother in the history of humankind than I was! Living in a foreign land far from family, with nothing but my young husband, a tattered copy of What to Expect When You’re Expecting, and my French-English dictionary by my side,...
God Has Been Good to Me
Last year's joint birthday celebration, Dad turning 94 and Mom a young 38! Psalm 106:1-5; Psalm 71 I visited my parents today. My mom is 93, my dad 95, and they are both wheelchair-bound and exhausted. To say they have slowed down is a vast understatement. Our times together these days are filled with more quiet spaces than words; it’s hard to...
I’m Bonnie and I’m a hope hunter. I hunt for hope in the hard seasons of life, believing beauty can be found everywhere, even in the brokenness.
On these pages, I write about life in all its beauty and messiness, convinced that hope glimmers even in the darkest of shadows.
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COMING APRIL 2021
