Tag: faith

She Asks

Second in the Toronto Trilogy When the revolving doors of the Eaton Centre spat me out onto the sidewalk, I noticed them.  A cluster of five girls all dressed in jeans and fashionable coats.  Chestnut hair of both the straight and tight-curl variety framed… Continue Reading “She Asks”

Planting Dandelions

I amble down the path in the evening sun, and there she is.  Bare arms and feet slip out of her dress all pastel striped.  She stands on a green knoll and  blows little puffs unto the white ball in her little hand. “Planting… Continue Reading “Planting Dandelions”

All You Ever Need to Know

God, I just don’t know How to love that person, I don’t know, If I should wait or move on, I don’t know What deserves my time, I don’t know What to prepare for in the future, I don’t know Where you want me… Continue Reading “All You Ever Need to Know”

Faith or Stupidity

Back an Alley My first significant encounter with the paradox of faith or stupidity came back an alley in the middle of the city.  I was fifteen.  My youth group had driven in minivans into the city and back the alley.  We were going… Continue Reading “Faith or Stupidity”

The Offer

I know that we all have days of darkness, days when faithfulness is all you can muster.  When you know God loves you but can’t feel it.  When you know what needs to be done, but there is no happiness in the doing. I… Continue Reading “The Offer”