THE ADVENT SERIES PART 3 – QUIET, STEADY AND STABLE LOVE
Joseph noticed the weight before he noticed the distance. It was subtle at first. Not the swelling of a belly. Not anything the village would whisper about yet. Just a fullness to Mary’s face. A softness where there had always been sharpness. A heaviness in her steps when she walked beside him along the narrow […]
THE ADVENT SERIES PART 2 – THE WEIGHT OF A YES
Mary had just finished washing her hands when the light changed. Not suddenly. Not violently. It softened first, as though the evening itself leaned closer to listen. The small clay lamp in the corner of the room flickered, its flame stretching upward, then steadying. Shadows along the wall shifted, lengthening and thinning like breath drawn […]
THE ADVENT SERIES PART 1 – HEAVEN’S PREPARATION
Before there were mountains or oceans or the breath of man, heaven existed in a stillness so perfect that even silence bowed before it. It was not empty. It was thick, warm, fragrant. Light moved across the crystal floor like waves gently sliding over shore sand. The scent of incense floated in the air. Something […]
THE MAN AMONG THE TOMBS — Part 5
The days that followed spread out like ripples on water. Everywhere I went, whispers followed me. Not because I was Elihu the madman, but because I was Elihu whom Yeshua delivered. Elihu who walked with a strange authority in his voice. Elihu who spoke as if Yahweh Himself nudged his tongue. I traveled from Gadara […]
THE MAN AMONG THE TOMBS — Part 4
Dawn came softly the next morning, painting the sky with pink and gold as if Yahweh Himself dipped His fingers into the horizon. I rose before Medad stirred. Something inside me was awake, alert, humming with an energy I had not felt since childhood. It was as if the silence of the village could not […]
THE MAN AMONG THE TOMBS — Part 3
Sleep found me that night, soft and clean, without nightmares scratching at the edges of my mind. When morning light pressed against my eyelids, I opened my eyes slowly, half expecting the voices to return. But all I heard was Medad’s steady breathing beside me. The oil lamp was nearly burned out, its last ember […]
THE MAN AMONG THE TOMBS — Part 2
The path from the tombs back toward the village felt unfamiliar, though I had walked it countless times in another life. The earth beneath my feet was softer than I remembered and the scent of wet soil still lingered from the storm. Each step made my mind clearer, as if the rain that soaked the […]
THE MAN AMONG THE TOMBS — Part 1
I do not remember the last time anyone called me by my name. Not the name the villagers used when they whispered about me in fear. Not the names the demons snarled inside my head. I mean the name my wife used to murmur in the quiet hours of evening, the name she would breathe […]
THE MAN AMONG THE TOMBS — Part 1
I do not remember the last time anyone called me by my name. Not the name the villagers used when they whispered about me in fear. Not the names the demons snarled inside my head. I mean the name my wife used to murmur in the quiet hours of evening, the name she would breathe […]
The One Thing Chika Couldn’t Break Free From (and Why It Kept Finding Her)
We all have that one friend who keeps announcing a new season. New year. New playlist. New hair. New “God is doing a new thing” caption. That was Chika. You can comfortably say that her favorite song is “Do Something New in My Life”. She would delete numbers, wipe her status clean, and post something […]