Taryn R. Hutchison's Blog: The Glorious Muddle, page 24

The Story Behind the Story

As many dramatic stories unfold around the globe every day, the plight of Ukraine, while still being reported, no longer holds the top billing. You may think that means that the situation is no longer tense and prayers are no longer needed. That is not true! Our brothers and sisters in that vast country need […]

Can I just start over?

The last time I blogged, it was our anniversary. I felt upbeat. Energetic even. I came home from work and took a brisk walk around our park, reveling in the gorgeous spring day. Then I changed into a dress Steve loves for our dinner out at our favorite restaurant. We sat under the trees and […]

A Beautiful Day

Thirteen years ago today, God gave me the best human blessing of my life. On a joy-filled gorgeous day on the shores of Lake Tahoe, surrounded only by our immediate family, I married my sweetheart. The whole world seemed to enter into our joy. There’s something about seeing God bring people together who are older […]

Irresistable, Dazzling Light

Last in a series on Eternity. I love sunshine. Maybe I have Seasonal Affective Disorder, or maybe I just like the sun, but my mood is always lifted when the golden light breaks out after a dreary day. This Spring week in the South, we’ve had snow, sleet, sub-freezing temperatures, high winds, rain, and sunshine. Sunshine’s the best. […]

The Land of the Living

Fourth in a series on Eternity Once when a group of Sadducees tried to trip Jesus up about heaven, He told them they were wrong about God. “He is not the God of the dead, but of the living.” (Mark 12:27) We were created for eternity, to live forever. I have a friend who loves to read biographies […]

Homesickness

Third in a series on Eternity. God set eternity in our hearts. Ever wonder about that nagging longing for, or memory of, a deeper reality that you can’t see? We each carry Paradise around inside us, and we yearn for it as the deer pants for water. Even if you love your life here, when you stop long enough […]

Carrying Paradise

Second in a series on Eternity. Frederick Buechner once wrote, “Like Adam, we have all lost Paradise; and yet we carry Paradise around inside of us in the form of a longing for, almost a memory of, a blessedness that is no more, or the dream of a blessedness that may someday be again.” Have […]

This isn’t all there is

There are seasons in my life when I remember that there’s a much deeper reality going on than what I can see in this life, when I can see a bit farther through the mist. Back in my days on staff with Cru, one of the discipleship lessons we did with students involved looking at […]

A lot can happen in a week

While the rest of the world watched Putin’s Olympics, people in neighboring Ukraine witnessed a different scenario, a violent one. The protests, already enduring for three months in Kiev’s Independence Square, suddenly escalated to the point of claiming 88 lives. My last post echoed the chorus of pleas sent out via cyberspace, asking believers everywhere […]

Pray for Ukraine

The demonstrations in Kiev began at Thanksgiving time, but it has picked up intensity in the last weeks. Finally, it’s being given major news coverage in the States. Some things you won’t hear on our news shows, and some images will never be shown. My missionary friends in Ukraine sent me this photo of prayer […]