By Davalynn Spencer @davalynnspencer “Just at sunrise, they went to the tomb. … the angel said, ‘Don’t be alarmed. You are looking for Jesus of Nazareth, who was crucified. He isn’t here! He is risen from the dead! Look, this is where they laid his body’” (Mark 16:2-6).
By Davalynn Spencer @davalynnspencer I ask why a lot. Do you? Why did mother die? Why did that guy cut me off in traffic? Why did I lose my job? Why has life not gone as I planned? Maybe I’m asking the wrong why. Maybe I should
By Davalynn Spencer @davalynnspencer Transition – ugh. That space between one place and another. Like a portal or threshold between what was and what will be. Like dying. I once heard a preacher say that death didn’t bother him. It was the “getting dead” part he didn’t like.
By Davalynn Spencer @davalynnspencer I find myself shying away from those whose words contain no flame – people books movies I find myself longing for the power of story, an ageless warmth that drew crowds from their daily lives to the words of the Galilean – to feel
By Davalynn Spencer @davalynnspencer This week marks the arrival of spring – the season of rebirth, renewal, and resurrection. Of all the seasons, I believe it is the closest to those remarkable days when God said, “Let there be—” The very first thing the Bible says about God
By Davalynn Spencer @davalynnspencer I have a black button-pin with white letters that say: “Well-behaved women rarely make history.” The round pin was left anonymously in my campus mailbox when I taught Creative Writing at Pueblo Community College. A reminder that March was Women’s History Month. What a
By Davalynn Spencer @davalynnspencer I don’t even like donuts, but this enthusiastic eater of the doughy delights makes me want one. Do food commercials affect you that way? What about a billboard with an image of someone chomping into a juicy burger or slurping a double-scoop ice cream
By Davalynn Spencer @davalynnspencer I remember the day a dump truck backed up my driveway, extended its hydraulic arms, and spilled a stream of crushed rock down the center of the muddy lane—just exactly as I’d ordered. Someone had been carrying off my gravel one chipped rock at a
By Davalynn Spencer @davalynnspencer Life is full of give and take—sharing. It’s a back-and-forth effort like a swing at the playground. But, as is often the case in the English language, there can be a play on these two words. What, exactly, are we giving and taking? Are
By Davalynn Spencer @davalynnspencer Chocolate and flowers abound in February because it’s the love month. Romance is in the air, and greeting-card companies, candy manufacturers, and florists attribute much of their sales to Valentine’s Day. I certainly don’t begrudge their success, but I’m not a fan of what
By Davalynn Spencer @davalynnspencer A couple of weeks ago, a stomach bug, the flu, or whatever the latest identifier is stopped by for a visit. During its stay, more than my body was affected. The weakness – or its agent of delivery – made impressions on my groggy
By Davalynn Spencer @davalynnspencer Today I welcome fellow award-winning author, Susan G. Mathis, a regular guest on this blog. Her excerpt from Emma’s Engagement, Book 3 of her lighthouse series, shares some important aspects of forgiveness—often a difficult concept to deal with. But first, let’s take a behind-the-scenes
By Davalynn Spencer @davalynnspencer When you wake up in the early predawn, what do you do? If you leave for work at that time of day/night, then I already know what you do and my heart goes out to you. But if you typically rise at a more
By Davalynn Spencer @davalynnspencer Death of the human body, a dream, or a goal is not necessarily painless, but it can be easy if one let’s go in faith — like the dying believer who knows His God awaits him. Because death is not the end, but the
By Davalynn Spencer @davalynnspencer So many people in our society today are mesmerized by the video in their palms. They look down at their phones – not up. Like most of the people I’ve seen waiting in airports, they’re not paying attention to what’s going on around them.