by skimhenson | Aug 12, 2013 | love and grace, pain
In the last month, my mom died. A friend/former colleague died. And, early yesterday morning, I received a phone call about a friend’s 31-year-old daughter who died. Yesterday was the second Sunday morning my friend has been awakened around 4 a.m. with news of losing...
by skimhenson | May 16, 2012 | love and grace, relationships
“Do you feel the Holy Spirit, right here, right now? Do you feel him?” “I think so.” “You think so? Either you do or you don’t.” Sitting across from a family member in a fast food restaurant, I listened while he talked about my salvation. He questioned...
by skimhenson | Feb 28, 2012 | faith, hope, love and grace
At our mountain house, we have three words (well, four if you count “and”) spray-painted on an old screen window. It hangs as decoration over our living room couch. When we pull into the driveway at night, even before lights are turned on, the screen is the first...
by skimhenson | Jan 9, 2012 | love and grace
Sheldon was an unlikely Homecoming King, yet he was crowned during loud applause and a standing ovation that evening at the high school football game. Sheldon spent most of his academic day in a special education classroom. His disabilities kept him...
by skimhenson | May 5, 2011 | love and grace
Use your imagination a bit and compassion looks like “come to passion.” It’s a good reminder since sometimes when I get too close to pain, I slip from compassion to control. The reason this happens? I’m terrified of pain. I want to fix whatever...
by skimhenson | Apr 20, 2011 | love and grace, relationships
My husband and I headed toward the door of our last stop before calling it a night. We were on a mission to buy pumpkin pie. At the same moment, we made a noise that let each know we’d caught a glimpse of a person from the long ago past who left both of us...