House of 49 Doors is here! Thank you, friends, for your prayers! As with any vast project finally completed despite the odds, a recap might hearten us all amid our current — and coming — ventures. January 2016: Note to self: Another book? … [Read More...]
I’m Laurie, a contemplative writer, musician and artist, who helps distracted, heart-weary people refocus on God in creative ways that spark hope and wholeness.
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525,600 Minutes
525, 600 minutes. Friends, how will we measure life this year? Every day I hear “Seasons of Love,” by songwriter Jonathan Larson, pose that question. Poignant … [Read More...]
Inspiration & Blues
Inspiration pops up in the oddest places. I just discovered a new-to-me color: International Klein Blue (aka IKB). Picture velvety, seemingly bottomless depths of … [Read More...]
Call of the Wind
Call of the Wind Alarm Picture David’s royal bed, his oldest lyre suspended, vertically, overhead . . . all night an eerie, braided hum-m-m roused by … [Read More...]
Open Sesame
Open Sesame . . . Hand your children a treasure hunt clue — to open last — on Christmas Day: Find the one … [Read More...]
Rich in mercy
Uh-oh. I spot the unmarked, four-inch ridge of pavement a smidgeon too late ... But I've jump-cut ahead. Flash … [Read More...]
Stealth: Is There a Good Kind?
Stealth Within our valiant pines bark beetles gnaw the inner life. Left unaddressed, they will riddle the … [Read More...]
Gaiety . . . to Go
“Whoa, pull over!” I cry. Phone in hand, I scramble past the curb. An entire front yard froths with blooms the size … [Read More...]
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