Kathleen S Evenhouse
Writing With Vision
This poem has been a long-time coming. The beach episode happened on a Florida extended-family summer vacation three years ago. The church service was a few months later. That night the Holy Spirit woke me up, and I wrote down the truths I mention in the poem. The next morning I added a few more… Read More
Oil and Water. Truth and Grace. Urgency and Advent. These things don’t mix. Except when God is a part of the picture. God anoints you as his child and gives you living water. God knows the real you and, by his grace, loves you anyway. But because the truth demands justice, his son came to… Read More
My mother is terrified of water, and I’ve been afraid of water since I was a toddler and got knocked over by waves at the beach. My parents made sure I went to swimming lessons–over and over again–hoping that learning how to swim would dissolve the dread and replace it with confidence. I became competent,… Read More
Kathleen S Evenhouse 