Category Archives: Grow
Yancey, Yadah, and Me, 2.0
As artifacts go, they are mere trinkets — an old purse, playing cards, a lantern. Even the display that caused the crowds to stop and stare is a simple embroidered tapestry, stitched by village women. But the exhibits that opened Friday at the German Historical Museum are intentionally prosaic: they emphasize the everyday way that [...]
It’s a Miracle: The Whole Story
A few weeks back, my mom wanted to share how God had preserved her throughout her life. It’s a good story, full of the Good News and full of God’s love. Listen. It’s kinda long, so get a cup of coffee first. <3 God Gently Leads from Camille Lewis on Vimeo.
It’s a Miracle: The Bad News
Marcy Tigner was an award-winning trombonist with a yen for singing. So she was musical . . . sorta, but her singing voice was much younger than her years. That’s putting it nicely. She sang like an ugly bag of sawdust sporting a rainbow, but even an owner of a less-than-pretty-but-faaaaabulous hairy bag of wood [...]
Read MoreThis is how it feels to be free!
Friday the 13th is a sentimental and blessed day for me. Again. Thank you, Lord. For dragging me kicking and screaming toward your gift of freedom.
Read MoreRemember the Ladies
That your sex are naturally tyrannical is a truth so thoroughly established as to admit of no dispute; but such of you as wish to be happy willingly give up — the harsh tide of master for the more tender and endearing one of friend. Why, then, not put it out of the power of [...]
Read MoreWriting the Body
Write. Let no one hold you back. Let nothing stop you: not man; not the imbecilic capitalist machinery, in which the publishing houses are the crafty, obsequious relayers of imperatives handed down by an economy that works against us and off our backs; not yourself. Smug-faced readers, managing editors, and big bosses don’t like the [...]
Grace for Truth
God gives grace for the truth, not for myths That thought has prompted me to take a good, hard look at myself. Did you know that the gender gap in wages (21 cents) is not really a gender gap? It’s a gap between mothers and everyone else (Moreton 114). Think about that for a second. [...]
Survivor
As I try on this new identity of “survivor,” I search for a vocabulary to make sense of my experience. Why did they do this? How did it happen? How can I make sure it doesn’t happen again — to me or to anyone I love? And the best vocabulary — the one that nails [...]
I Will Survive!
Healing from intense and pervasive trauma — whether from cancer or rape or earthquake or war — comes as you learn to call yourself a “survivor.” It’s a rhetorical move away from “victim.” When a victim can describe herself as a “survivor,” she: no longer feels possessed by her traumatic past; she is in possession [...]
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