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The Terrible Truth
The words of my book club read bring me to a complete stop. The spiritualities that hold up across an entire lifetime of an individual — providing meaning-making in not one season of life but in many — are those that allow suffering, those that let go of control, and those that surrender to the…
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Flourish In Faith
This month my niece Ramzee joins me on the podcast for a four part series on growing in faith as a teen. During this episode she shares her word for the year and perspective on prayer. Click on the link below wherever you listen to podcasts. Might I ask you to share this with the…
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Be… like the dog
Lightning flashes through the window like an early morning alarm, and I move toward the kitchen. I see him working to secure anything that might fly away. It’s a busy few moments, a louder morning than usual, and a cranky start to my day. I’m feeling a bit off as if the storm has seeped…
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Something Stinks
Surely we’ve all been here. The moment you open the refrigerator door and realize something’s off. The smell is a faint hint of decomposing. A signal that something has remained long past its freshness date.
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Peace — No Matter What
When your old stomping ground reveals new truth that peace doesn’t come by knowing what’s ahead. It comes through the courage to trust no matter what comes.
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Room for one King
Our pastor tells the story of wisemen following the star to worship the newborn King. He compares it to Herod, the one seeking to kill anyone who threatens his position even if it is a tiny babe. Then he asks, “Are you seeking like the wisemen… or Herod?”
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A full circle word for the new year
Most years during the waiting of Advent I quietly pray, Lord… is there one word for the new year? Sometimes it feels like a loaded question. A harbinger of what the new year has in store for me.
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More Light
Because it’s not over yet. A day is coming when Light will shut out all darkness. A day with no more tears… no more pain… no more fear. So I wait. However long it takes. For the One who began this work To bring it to completion.
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Slowing Down to Make Room for Peace
Still I wonder, what would Jesus say if I asked, “How would you have the whole world celebrate your birthday?”
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Ordinary Presence
Practicing being present is not for the faint of heart. It takes time, risk, turning off the idols of distraction. It requires something different than the world has to offer. There’s no producing, no checking off boxes, most often it feels like doing nothing at all. Everything seems so… ordinary. I think that’s the point.
