Are you weary and heavy-laden? Or maybe just wishing you could find your way back to “unforced rhythms of grace”? Matthew 11:28-30 “Are you tired? Worn out? Burned out on religion? Come to me. Get away with me and you’ll recover your life. I’ll show you how to take a real rest. Walk with me…Read more Are you weary?
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The Hero I Met
I met a man who refused to turn away from the suffering of another human being, no matter the cost to himself. But he didn’t set out to become a hero.
An Invitation to an Upside Down Kingdom
The Beatitudes Joy of Kenya; 2013; 21" x 28 1/2"; mixed media: watercolor, pastel, charcoal. Many years ago, in 2002, I stumbled across an old, out-of-print book about the Beatitudes in a used bookstore on the outskirts of Nairobi. Starting my first day in an unfamiliar environment, displaced from my usual frame of reference, I…Read more An Invitation to an Upside Down Kingdom
A suspicion about glory…
I suspect that glory can be found in any place where we give and receive love in the Presence of God. However, I do have a suspicion that there exists an especially concentrated glory... In a world ravaged by violence, poverty, and suffering, where can glory (defined as "resplendent beauty or magnificence") be found? Subscribe to…Read more A suspicion about glory…
An invitation…
Flight of the Kambu; 2024; mixed media: watercolor, acrylic, chalk, ink. Dear friends, Writing a novel is an interesting journey. There's the writing, and then there's an entirely different process of building "platform." I'm definitely much more interested in the first. Nevertheless, my process of signing with an agent a few yeas ago felt like…Read more An invitation…
Healing to Become A Healer
Around the world, I’ve discovered a universal truth in my work as Director of Orphan Care for Hope’s Promise. And in my role as a parent, family member, and friend. As a human. Trauma wounds. But attachment heals. Flight of the Kambu: from wounded to healed; 2024; 15.5" x 8.25"; mixed media: watercolor, acrylic, ink,…Read more Healing to Become A Healer
Jerusalem
Jerusalem; 2024; 19.5" x 25.5"; mixed media: watercolor, ink, chalk, acrylic. Three of us walk its busy streets at dusk, life pulsing all around. Cars revving, children laughing as they swing in a park, light fading over a vast city. We follow our map down a quieter lane to an obscure gate in a wall,…Read more Jerusalem
Becoming keeps becoming
The Becoming collaboration began with three people walking down a street, talking about a potter, about clay in His hand, about yielding to His vision. About a song, swelling in one heart. And an image, emerging in another. Merging into a photo of a dancer, leaping into hope. Rachel Quiner, dancer Becoming became a painting,…Read more Becoming keeps becoming
Becoming
With great joy, I share with you a dream come true - an artistic collaboration of dancer Rachel Quiner, songwriter and performer Janelle Briggs, and myself as the painter. May it inspire you in your journey of becoming. Rachel Quiner Becoming (youtube link) written and performed by River Briggs Music (Janelle Briggs) Becoming; 2021; 2021;…Read more Becoming
Refuge
Refuge; 19.75" x 11.5"; watercolor, ink, acrylic, water-soluble pastel. Another morning. Another heartbreaking headline. Mass shootings, earthquakes, climate change, disease. I wonder, Where can I go to escape this darkness? Even in the highest mountain refuge, the darkness is still there. In me. I think of Jesus’ words in Luke 21:25-28 “There will be signs…Read more Refuge
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