It was the tears that got to me. The quivering chin. The passion in the voice of a fierce love that never gives up mixed with the fear and frustration…
Have you ever gotten a phone call that took your breath away? I have. Yesterday, less than an hour after leaving the construction site at the new house in Elizabeth,…
Window-washing Worship Weekend. Try saying that 5 times. Really fast. Ready, set, go! Tongue-twister, huh? :) We usually have our weekly house meetings first thing Sunday mornings, followed by worship…
Yes, it’s true that learning to do life differently (the mission of UnbridledACTS) can be “easier said than done…” but, it’s also true that it is easier done when said.…
Don’t you hate it when people explain hard things like they’re easy while you stand there feeling stupid and wondering why you can’t seem to get it? I know I…
Remember the complicated relationship I mentioned last week in “Late-learned Lessons of Life and Death,” and how I was left to ponder how simple it might have been? Well, the…
I lost a family member last week. She was in my life for 33 years…and I never truly appreciated who she was until after she died. Never completely embraced her…
I have a question for you. “What deep needs are your current circumstances bringing to your attention?” (We’re pondering this one at the ACTS House.) And here’s another one. What…
“The task is daunting.” It was a simply-spoken truth shared in our weekly meeting last Sunday morning that immediately reminded me of the book Undaunted Courage by Stephen Ambrose. Both…
This is a picture of what love looked like at the ACTS House this past week. A gathering of special people, smiling faces, and party hats…notice the smiles; how comfortable…