Fighting Fear: My Greatest Fear

Introduction:  For the month of June, I decided to launch a series called Fighting Fear. Each week you will hear a testimony from one of my friends. Today, you will hear from Paula Denny. I have known Paula as long as I can remember. We were both Pastor’s kids....

The Beckoning for Reckoning

  Thinking about it was driving me mad. The question of “why” haunted me like the Black Plague. “What did I do?”, “How could this happen?” The questions were numerous and the answers were nil.   I couldn’t take it anymore. I told myself that instead of...

The Faces I Cannot Forget

***This is dedicated to the Iraqi family I met in Jordan almost a year ago, and to all the refugees scattered all over the world… I attempted to write a poem about your suffering …  Then I realized…. I don’t know what it’s like… I...

Who Are We Behind Our Scars?

This question popped into my head as I sat eating lunch after having a few conversations with people who had been scarred. Who are we behind the scars? We all have scars. We all have wounds. How those scars got there varies, but regardless of how we all have scars....