I know the feeling.There's an emptiness, a hollowed out darkness inside of you. You look around and nothing or no one looks familiar.The sounds are deeper, bolder than ever before.The lights glare in your eyes every time you lift your head to look around. Most of the...
The first monument that we recognized as our taxi entered Paris was the Arc de Triomphe. It stands at the centre of la Place de Charles de Gaulle, where twelve avenues converge, right at the top of the famous shopping area called les Champs Elysées (Boy! French people...
Place de la Concorde, the largest square in Paris, sits next to the Seine River, nestled between the Jardin des Tuileries and les Champs Elysées. Who would have thought that this place was one of the bloodiest of all during the French Revolution?La Place de la...
It was Valentine's Day. I was in a new job.My boss walked up to me and handed me a red, heart-shaped balloon, "Happy Valentine's Day, Mike!"My cubicle is one of hundreds in an acre of cubes. If I go to the bathroom, the lunchroom, or am just coming in to start my day,...
Lord, I had a dream of You, last night. You held me in Your arms, so tight. You said that You would always be Just a prayer away from me. You said that life would ebb and flow, Like the changing tides that come and go; But, if I'd stay grounded in Your word, My...
When I was a young married woman, my parents offered to take me and my three children out west in their motor home. Since my husband had to work, he told us to go.This trip was some adventure for my children. First off, they'd never been west. Secondly, they would...
atthew 13:24b-25 - The kingdom of heaven may be compared to a man who sowed good seed in his field, but while his men were sleeping, his enemy came and sowed weeds among the wheat and went away. (ESV)I have noticed broken glass on the tarmac where I ride my bike. I...