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Michele - has written 43 posts on "The Intersection". If you would like to send an email with comments or questions, you can use the link below to send an email. She writes about herself....
In a word, I have most often been described as a woman of passion. God has filled this heart of mine with more emotion than I can often contain. Coupled with a sense of personal drive that is always on "high" and more questions then answers about faith & life, and I can easily self-destruct. If God has rescued me once, He’s rescued me a thousand times! Still, He is so patient, helping me to understand that it is really not so much about the "doing", but about KNOWING HIM. For more information about me, see the "About Authors" page.
Four Portraits of Followers
Luke 7 paints four different portraits, real people in real life dilemmas: 1. The Humble Outsider: A Roman Centurian pursues Jesus as his only hope for a dear and dying servant. He is the least likely person to understand Jesus’ power to save, and yet he is the one who truly believes in Jesus’ Godness. Even [...]
Continue reading...Flint-Faced
Monday, February 1, 2010
May 27, 2002, Boulder, Colorado. The day of my first 10K running race. Sixty-two minutes later, as I crossed the finish line in front of 40,000 fans, I looked only for the faces of my husband and three little boys in the crowd, cheering me to the very end. They’d driven over an hour and [...]
Continue reading...A Four-Letter Word That Makes All the Difference
Sunday, January 10, 2010
“Ah, Sovereign LORD, you have made the heavens and the earth by your great power and outstretched arm. Nothing is too hard for you.” ~ Jeremiah 32:17 Luke 1 reveals two impossible scenarios (as if one isn’t enough!): A elderly couple, too old to reasonably think about child-rearing, but praying for it with hoarse voices just the [...]
Continue reading...The Perfect Plan for a Messy People
Sunday, December 20, 2009
For years I’ve complained. Whined. Argued. Questioned. Even pouted in a corner with a generous bottom lip turned out from time to time. I’d imagined my life simpler. Planned it up big and beautiful, absent of most every complication and hiccup, with life’s every “i” dotted and “t” crossed. But then this and that happened, [...]
Continue reading...Open-handed Thankfulness
Monday, November 30, 2009
I’m a mother in the process of losing her babies. “Losing” might not be the right word, but they’re growing up and moving on. And each day that passes I feel them pulling a little further away from me. Not as anxious to jump into my arms when the school day ends. Not as likely [...]
Continue reading...Plans Interrupted
Monday, November 9, 2009
There’s so much we don’t understand. Several years ago, something happened in my life that seemed very much like a detour. A big, fat sign blocked my way: “I know you thought you were going this way, but not a chance. You’re going that way now.” Without so much as an apology, my plans were [...]
Continue reading...Healing Wings
Monday, October 19, 2009
Two unlikely lives intersect in Luke 8. A father and leader of the synagogue, Jarius’ only daughter lay on the brink of death. Being well entrenched in the religious community, Jarius was certainly aware of Jesus’ disintegrating reputation with religious elite. Desperate, however, he disregarded the boiling tensions and approached the One he believed could [...]
Continue reading...A Tale of Two Women
Monday, September 7, 2009
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There are times when I’m convinced two women have set up shop in my head. The first one probably came up with the idea and put herself in charge of the move into Michele-land. She’s industrious and determined, albeit bossy. She’s the one to call when a committee needs forming and a nursery needs staffing. [...]
Continue reading...The Danger of Distance
Monday, August 17, 2009
“When Jesus rose early on the first day of the week, he appeared first to Mary Magdalene, out of whom he had driven seven demons.” ~ Mark 16:9 We both cradled a hot cup, mine filled with coffee and hers filled with tea. The conversation had taken a dive into the deep, and the warm cup [...]
Continue reading...Ready For The King
Monday, July 27, 2009
By the time she makes her appearance in holy pages, Anna is at least 84 years old. Some argue the text implies she’d been a widow for 84 years, making her age 100 plus. Either way, we can agree based on Luke 2:36-38 that she was well past the age of needing a little hair [...]
Continue reading...Holding On Loosely
Sunday, July 5, 2009
She wanted a baby more than she wanted air to breathe. “In bitterness of soul Hannah wept much and prayed to the LORD. And she made a vow, saying, ‘O LORD Almighty, if you will only look upon your servant’s misery and remember me, and not forget your servant but give her a son, then [...]
Continue reading...For Such a Time As This
Sunday, June 14, 2009
I wrote this nearly 6 years ago — SIX! I shudder at the thought of posting it publicly, as I am certainly not a poet. However, God once used the story of Esther to help me see that perhaps the random events in my life were not nearly as random as I once thought. And [...]
Continue reading...Finding Your Place of Promise
Tuesday, May 26, 2009
I’m asking you to do two things. FIRST, if you haven’t already, please read the entire book of Ruth. It’s a short, boasting only 4 brief chapters. It will take about a half hour and it’s worth much more than that. SECOND, check out this map. There’s several important things I want you to notice. [...]
Continue reading...There Was a Famine
Sunday, May 3, 2009
For those who think both God and his Bible are anti-women, I can’t wait for you to experience a dose of truth over the next several posts at The Intersection. God not only loves women, he specifically chose two of the most ordinary to become key characters in His greatest plot. In fact, two entire [...]
Continue reading...Desolation’s Reckoning
Sunday, April 12, 2009
Two women with the name “Tamar” are recorded in the Old Testament. Krista talked about the first in last week’s post. The second is King David’s daughter, Tamar, and her story is recorded in 2 Samuel 13. Little information is disclosed about this girl other than the fact she was beautiful (2 Sam. 13:1), a [...]
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Sunday, February 21, 2010
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