The disruption to our lives that gripped us last Thanksgiving lingers still. The shock has worn off. But the waves continue to ripple out.

On a week when the stock market soars we’re encouraged to think, as I saw on a billboard for Charles Schwab, "We can get our future back!" We feel like giving thanks.

The ministry of loneliness
Is staying when you want to leave
When those around you don’t believe
But you’ve come out of darkness

The daily plague of Legion
No clothes, no sleep, no shelter
Life above the tombs no better
Than living underneath

The soul is strange the body bruised
No end, this darkness permeates
But then this man comes
Radiates
The promise, hope renewed

Legions flee in fear
Neighbors stand and stare
They hate the man that cared

Yesterday at a conference for women in leadership, I led a workshop titled, “Increase Your 'Net Worth—Communicating in a Virtual World.”

When the sponsors asked me to speak on the subject, I told them that—while I do have a web site, a blog, and two social networking accounts—I do not do Twitter and don’t plan to tweet anytime soon. I don’t own a Kindle. And I don’t even do HTML code or know how to design a web site. They said that was okay. They wanted someone who uses technology but isn’t a “techie” and doesn’t follow every trend.  

This weekend I joined over 1700 others in celebrating 50 years of God's faithfulness to Bible Study Fellowship International, a ministry in which I participated for 25 years.  The room was filled with tearful and joyful reunions and the joy of hearing from many the "rest of the story."  In many cases it had been years since we had seen one another and it was a little taste of how we will celebrate the first thousand years of heaven.

Communication between men and women in ministry continues to challenge many of us. As we interact with women, we hear their frustration not only with men but with themselves. How can we learn to communicate effectively as a sacred sibling?

It occurred to me the other day how often Christians say we're "trusting God for" this or that. As in, "I'm trusting God for provision" or "I'm trusting God for a husband" or "I'm trusting God for a new Audi TT convertible."