© 2012 Charlena Miller. All rights reserved.
I fight the unknown. I attempt to move everything, as quickly as I encounter it, from the unknown to the known. I now see that there are things that remain a mystery. There is much about God and life that … Continue reading
© 2012 Charlena Miller. All rights reserved.
Epic. Small. Once. Eternal. Significant. Fragile. Mundane. Brilliant. Lonely. Lovely. Repressed. Sensual. Brutal. Blessed. Life. Open up. Risk. Be the fool. Learn. Steady our fearful shaking. Grow strong enough to be weak. Love boldly even when it is certain that … Continue reading
© 2011 Charlena Miller. All rights reserved.
The past many weeks have been another layer of intense reckoning within. Another chapter of my life is written and a new one faces me—the page blank before me, yet a sense of knowing floats and swirls round and round … Continue reading
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I just left the Greek islands. I had a difficult time writing there in the past six weeks. The cacophony of noise and experiences had the effect of garbling my thoughts. At first it was brilliantly quiet, and the culture … Continue reading
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My daughter Skyped me this morning and she had a new haircut—with bangs. I instantly was transported to another time. I was laughing and chasing a two-year-old little girl in pink shorty overalls. She had bangs and long, straight dark … Continue reading
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One year. 365 days. 8,760 hours. 525,600 moments. Hundreds of thousands of little moments that were really big moments. Countless decisions, ‘wrong’ turns that left me not knowing where I was. Slowly change was taking place… encouraged by the realization … Continue reading
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Why are we drawn to some things and not to others? It took me much of my life to realize that longings aren’t bad but rather provide enormous information. Some longings are misleading and need to be rejected. My longing … Continue reading
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Success… what is it? It can elude even the most gifted and ‘called’ individuals. Excellence often accompanies success, but not always. And success can be devoid of any hint of excellence. One is not necessarily required for the other. A … Continue reading
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I pass by a wall as I walk to the market each day and this corner has been transformed from a place where addicts used to hang out to a place where people are reminded of the child abuse that … Continue reading
© 2010 Charlena Miller. All rights reserved.
I’m writing this from a black vinyl couch in the reading room of my hostel in Dublin, Ireland. I feel like I’m in the basement of one of the rural and small town churches my father pastored in Kansas and … Continue reading