Loss & longing are constants here in the Shadowlands. What we fear most may happen. How then shall we live? We must stain God's shirt with tears & announce how difficult it can feel to be here,but that we still are. ~ joshua luke smith I hope there are Seasons of your life that you … Continue reading Stain God’s Shirt With Tears
Ideals Complicate Life
Can you promise that I will come back? ~ Bilbo BagginsNo. & if you do, you will not be the same. ~ Gandalf the hobbit: an unexpected journey // film version We've all had those moments when we're smack-dab in the middle of something & we sort of pause & huff in frustration with an … Continue reading Ideals Complicate Life
Hope, Tattooed On A Wall
"'But where shall I find courage?' asked Frodo. 'That is what I chiefly need.''Courage is found in unlikely places,' said Gildor. 'Be of good hope!'"~ The Fellowship of the Ring // JRR Tolkien Last year, back in early Spring, a Kindred Spirit friend posted a simple photo to her Instagram story. It was a blue-grey … Continue reading Hope, Tattooed On A Wall
Weary, Yet Pursuing
Life don't look like when we played outside & it's hard to admit it, but we got played some times.& I can't deny that we all break some times, but we keep holding on.~ joshua luke smith // all my friends There's this bit in Judges where Gideon & his 300 hand-picked men are running … Continue reading Weary, Yet Pursuing
This Is the Main Event
"'I wish it need not have happened in my time,' said Frodo. 'So do I,' said Gandalf, 'and so do all who live to see such times. But that is not for them to decide. All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us.'"~ JRR Tolkien // The … Continue reading This Is the Main Event
We Are All Desperate Here
"The only people for me are the mad ones, the ones who are mad to live, mad to talk, mad to be saved, desirous of everything at the same time, the ones who never yawn or say a commonplace thing, but burn, burn, burn like fabulous yellow roman candles exploding like spiders across the stars, … Continue reading We Are All Desperate Here
Musings In A Crowded Room
"It is no accident that we were born in the same epoch, & that our stories have twined in this time & in this place. Let us therefore go forth & steward one another's stories."~ Douglas McKelveyfrom "A Liturgy For Leavings" // Every Moment Holy "You will always be part of my tapestry."~ "Tapestry" // … Continue reading Musings In A Crowded Room
Springtide • Aslan Is On the Move
wrong will be right when Aslan comes in sight,at the sound of his roar, sorrows will be no more;when he bares his teeth, Winter meets its death;& when he shakes his mane, we shall have Spring again~ CS Lewis ~ I'm not really ready for Spring. It's odd but I feel betrayed by Winter. Usually, … Continue reading Springtide • Aslan Is On the Move
Little Lighthouses
"The world is indeed full of peril, & in it there are many dark places; but still there is much that is fair, & though in all lands love is now mingled with grief, it grows perhaps the greater."~ JRR Tolkien // The Fellowship of the Ring Friday afternoon, I was feeling a bit out … Continue reading Little Lighthouses
Street-Talks
"So when we meet as strangers, when even friends look like strangers, it is good to remember that we need each other greatly you and I, more than much of the time we dare to imagine, more than more of the time we dare to admit."~ Frederick Buechner ~ The Hungering Dark // Yesterday, my … Continue reading Street-Talks
courage-haven 