by Ashley Larkin | Oct 7, 2016 | Perspective
In a week, we’re presented with so many opportunities to live out what we believe. Or not. As I’m learning more all the time, some of the habituated responses in my own life make change difficult. My body responds by memory. I’m literally working to...
by Ashley Larkin | Sep 23, 2016 | Faith, Perspective, Poetry
don’t you remember what it was like to swim the air, float on open sky, alight on branches and sing your wild heart out to dwell at night in the shadow of parent wings, the honey warmth of feather’s nurture? somewhere you began to give away the shelter,...
by Ashley Larkin | Sep 8, 2016 | Community, Faith, Perspective
Good news for local friends: Ginny Owens will perform at Lake Bible Church, on September 24th, at 7 pm. Purchase tickets for an evening of song and story here. Hello, and welcome back! In the weeks before I’d completed my website redesign, when visions of story...
by Ashley Larkin | Sep 7, 2016 | Perspective, Risk-taking
On one hand I’ve always been the rule-following sort; on the other, I can’t stand being fenced in, and (at least internally) reject being limited, defined or told what I should care about and how. I’ve usually found joy in this subtle rebellion, in...
by Ashley Larkin | Apr 20, 2016 | Faith, Fear, Grace, Gratitude, Love, Perspective, Redemption
I’ve recognized over the years, though I still don’t get, that some people are simply not animal people. No judgment here, friends. I just don’t understand. So for you, maybe this story is not about a dog at all, but perhaps hope and audacious prayers and receiving...
by Ashley Larkin | Feb 26, 2016 | #OneWord365, Faith, One Word: Complete, Perspective, Poetry, Redemption
Lay them right down, all those lies you’ve believed about yourself all you’ve desired to see lapped up like kindling, watch the flames swallow them. Look at those ashes at your feet, reach down, cup them in your palms, you can hardly believe how soft it...
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