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Archive for January, 2008

    Life often throws obstacles in our way that seem too difficult to overcome, roadblocks that force us to take a detour, and ditches that make us feel helpless. We look to our friends and our family for comfort and strength. We may find it but then life happens again. We try to look into [...]

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“Hope, HOPE is what led me here today…” I heard the presidential candidate scream through my headphones along with the crowd’s cheering chorus of jubilation as the bus wheeled on to Austin. “.. A new day is needed….. And tonight it starts here” “We are one nation, one people and the time for change has [...]

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It was almost as if I had checked God in with my luggage. Sunday morning surprised me and as the sun rose through the icy chill of an early winter freeze, I was barreling towards the Austin airport, a shivering passenger in a friend’s black Volkswagen. I blinked the sleep from my eyes. [...]

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“Amazing grace, how sweet the sound…”
This familiar melody has been sung in many a church; yet, its true meaning still boggles me. If I could rewrite the lyrics based on my experience with grace, it would probably say something like:
“Annoying grace, how interesting the sound”
Indeed, one of my earliest experiences with grace was quite [...]

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