The new pastor of our old church said we all deserved everything that ever happened to us in our past. My husband and I looked at each other. No words were needed. He knew what I was thinking. Boom. We were gone. We came back a year or so later…
“I’m a Christian.” She whispered in my ear. I instantly put her in a category. I placed an invisible crown upon her head that read: virtuous, pure, perfect. My views of who she might be were heaped in expectations because we were sister believers. Joined at the heart through Jesus.…
“Oh my gosh! The water turned to blood!” 9 year old Tina flung open the bathroom door and ran toward the living room, her waist length black hair streaming out behind her. My heartbeat thumped ferociously with fear as I dashed out hot on her heels. We gasped for…
Sally and Rachel clasped hands across the table and prayed over their lunch date. Weeks had passed since their last get together and words were many in between bites of burgers, fries, and sips of diet colas. “Nancy told me that she and Rob are getting a divorce.” Sally leaned…
“Everyone knows,” Amy said with a heavy sigh. “I can’t go back to that church and have those women stare at me and judge me. I can’t handle that right now.” Sarah scooted in closer to her friend and gave her a sideways hug. She’d felt a splinter pierce her…
