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Stacy - has written 61 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....
My dear husband says I’m feisty, quirky, and spunky. Some friends describe me as sensitive, caring and compassionate. Another friend laughs at my (frequent) cooking mishaps. My daughter thinks I’m a great tea-party companion and, currently, my infant son views me as the milk machine. And who do I say I am? Well, that’s tricky to answer. Definitely all of the above, but so much more. I’m a woman who desperately loves God. I try to follow His will and purposes for my life–sometimes I’m successful, yet many times I fail miserably. Sunsets refresh me and watching the ocean’s waves invigorates me as I view a dance my God orchestrated. Traveling allows me to view God’s distinct fingerprints. Running clears my mind and reading lets me journey to places my budget or time constraints would never accommodate. Being a freelance writer and public speaker is terrifying yet simultaneously immensely gratifying. For more information about me, see the "About Author" pages.
Two Paths Intersected
Some might say it was nothing more than coincidence—me walking out of town at exactly the moment he walked in. Yet not even providence could have arranged that as I followed my son’s casket outside the city to the place I would bury him, the one who claimed to be the giver of life entered [...]
Continue reading...Diametrically Opposed Oneness
Sunday, September 13, 2009
Two sisters with two very different personalities. Yet when their greatest time of grief came, both Mary and Martha said exactly the same thing: Lord, if you had been here, my brother would not have died.” (John 11:21 and John 11:32) Perhaps their motives for saying it were different. Maybe one said it with bitterness, angry at [...]
Continue reading...Purpose with a Past
Sunday, August 23, 2009
Mary of Magdala Objective: Desiring a position in which I can utilize my gifts and find purpose. Previous experience: Previously inhabited by seven demons. Oh, come on. This resume would never stand a chance. Inhabited by not just one but seven demons? And submitted by a woman nonetheless in a time and culture where women’s rights were virtually non-existent. [...]
Continue reading...Shame a Runnin’
Sunday, August 2, 2009
No one else was around. She knew there wouldn’t be. She purposefully avoided them. Well, that’s what she told herself at least, but the fact of the matter was that all the townspeople were much too willing to sidestep her. So here she was again, drawing water in the heat of the day when everyone [...]
Continue reading...Dancing without Music
Sunday, July 12, 2009
The dancing couldn’t be contained to just her feet. Her entire body swung and bobbed to the tune no one else could hear. They thought the music ended much too suddenly. Hannah, however, knew it had just started. In an elaborate (and to my mind, incomprehensible) form of worship, Hannah celebrated and praised as never before. [...]
Continue reading...An Unlikely Royal Response
Sunday, June 21, 2009
Unheard of. A queen listening to the advice of a commoner. My fairy-tale derived images of royalty can barely comprehend that thought. And yet, once again, we see Queen Esther defying any stereotypes one might have of someone in her position. Mordecai, Esther’s beloved uncle, revealed a plan in which the royal advisor wanted to [...]
Continue reading...Just Wondering
Sunday, May 31, 2009
I wonder if she resented it. Her beauty that is. After all, that’s ultimately what took her away from the only remaining family member this young woman had left. And speaking of family, did she ever question why her parents died when she was so young? Did she wonder how much more she’d have to [...]
Continue reading...An Unexpected Love Story
Sunday, May 10, 2009
Mother-in-law. The words are enough to send chills up spines and cause many to tell harrowing stories. Is there ever a story to be told about mother-in-laws, but it’s not what we’d expect. In an incomprehensible act of events, Ruth leaves her family, homeland, gods, customs and traditions to follow her deceased husband’s mother, Naomi. [...]
Continue reading...The Faith Equation
Sunday, April 19, 2009
Then Joshua son of Nun secretly sent two spies from Shittim. ‘Go, look over the land,’ he said, ‘especially Jericho.’ So they went and entered the house of a prostitute named Rahab and stayed there.” Joshua 2:1 Honestly, I just don’t get it. The spies went and entered someone’s house? Shouldn’t they have been doing more [...]
Continue reading...But Rebekah Loved Jacob
Sunday, March 29, 2009
Isaac, who had a taste for wild game, loved Esau, but Rebekah loved Jacob.” Genesis 25:28 The mother in me wants to know why Rebekah loved Jacob but not Esau. Did his abnormal amount of hair repel her? Did he do something as a young boy that she was unable to forgive? Was it simply that [...]
Continue reading...Mothering like the Father
Tuesday, March 17, 2009
If you’re a mom, how many times have you wished you had some sort of directions for raising your kids? Well, now there is a book that provides those directions, or more aptly, points to and highlights the book where these answers can be found. Mothering like the Father: Following God’s Example in Parenting Young [...]
Continue reading...The One who Hears
Sunday, March 8, 2009
She conceived again, and when she gave birth to a son she said, "Because the LORD heard that I am not loved, he gave me this one too." So she named him Simeon.” Genesis 29:33, emphasis mine The LORD heard. Don’t pass over that phrase too quickly. This isn’t some “can you hear me now?” [...]
Continue reading...The Invisible, Seen
Sunday, February 15, 2009
I’ve always been invisible. I mean, people see me, but they look only at what I can provide for them. They’ve never seen the real me, if such a thing even exists anymore. I’m simply known as the Egyptian maidservant. Ah, one day someone noticed me. “Hagar,” Sarai breathed out. The sound of my name on [...]
Continue reading...Just
Tuesday, January 27, 2009
Edith loves her job. The hours are great, the environment friendly and the pay handsome enough to purchase most anything she wants. She often wonders how she was fortunate enough to be in her position, but quickly dismisses the thought for fear of jinxing her dream job. Edith has a slew of tasks to complete–all assignments [...]
Continue reading...Coming Forth as Gold
Sunday, January 4, 2009
Fred was the kind of guy everyone looked up to. I mean, what wasn’t to like about him? He had all kinds of money, but never acted superior to others. In fact, he sincerely cared about people and even helped take care of widows and orphans. Maybe it was his deep and reverent love for [...]
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Sunday, October 4, 2009
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