Tag Archives: Easter

On Climbing Mountains and Trudging Valleys and Maundy Thursday

Posted on April 13, 2017 by Petals of Joy

Ella was four. All knobs and knees and chubby cheeks. Cute as a button and bouncy as her pigtails. We were visiting her aunt in Atlanta—doing the tourist thing. There’s a mountain in Atlanta. Mount Kennesaw. Granted, it can’t compare … Continue reading →

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Because Sunday Always Comes

Posted on March 25, 2016 by Petals of Joy

Today, Love was crucified. Today, Hope was buried. Today, Light was shut in a tomb. Grandma always said the sun hides its face behind a darkened cloud at some point on Good Friday afternoon. As if nature still remembers the … Continue reading →

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The Clouds of Good Friday

Posted on April 3, 2015 by Petals of Joy

My Grandma. The one who pinched my nose between the bones of her fingers, smiling with eyes lit and gleaming. The one who called me Shuga’. The one whose tender love was often confused with weakness. She carried Jesus in … Continue reading →

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The Sweet Mercy of Spring

Posted on March 26, 2015 by Petals of Joy

Traveling down roads we’ve been on before can jar the soul. They can shudder us, shut us down. Because those road have a history—our history. Driving through a painful past can keep us from our horizon dreams. We get frozen on the … Continue reading →

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When Cracked Souls Need an Empty Tomb

Posted on April 15, 2014 by Petals of Joy

The truth is, sometimes we’re broken, and we don’t even know it. Sometimes we’re broken, and walking one more step is too hard to bear. Or the world ignores our pain. Or we wonder if we can make it just … Continue reading →

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