A Place of Peace
It all welled up again. Anxiety that had become all too familiar. A simple routine scheduled appointment began to loom larger than a square mile on the calendar. The lab…
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January 9, 2021
Unprepared
Today is the beginning of the season of Advent. In recent years, I've embraced this season more intentionally as a time of reflection and hope. It's become a tender space…
November 29, 2020
How to Live in a World of Unrest
We've been in a pandemic twilight zone for 5 months now with an underlying condition just as frightening of racial unrest and increasing uncertainty in our world we call home.…
September 7, 2020
A Word I Heard for the Church in America
Today is July 4, 2020 -- the day we commemorate the declaration of independence from Great Britain. "Let freedom ring," we say. Today we celebrate the monumental birth of a…
July 4, 2020
How to Live a New Normal in Times of Pandemic & Protests
My normal work routine lately has included a series of virtual meetings throughout any given day. This day was different. Our team at the non-profit I work for, Intentional Faith,…
June 9, 2020
How to Use Your Breath So Others Can Breathe
In the wake of COVID-19, another deadly disease has spread to pandemic proportions seeking to suck the breath of life right out of you. While many infected with the coronavirus…
June 3, 2020
Mother’s Day with an Empty Nest
The Mama Mourning Dove showed up first -- weaving and crafting a nest for her soon-to-come baby birds. On her wings and just to the left, Mrs. Robin flew in…
May 9, 2020
Standing Between the Dead & the Living {Documenting the Days During the COVID-19 Crisis}
I listened with pandemic-altered attention as these words were read aloud in a morning devotional... "And he stood between the dead and the living, and the plague was stopped." Numbers…
April 26, 2020
Life Behind the Face Masks :: Pondering in the Pandemic
Documenting the Days During the COVID-19 Crisis She stood there on our front porch on Easter Sunday afternoon. It took a minute to recognize who it was behind the face…
April 15, 2020
How to Pray in a Pandemic {Documenting the Days During the COVID-19 Crisis}
The whole world seems to be groaning a bit under the weight of this global pandemic. Fists raised in frustration, tears wiped from anxious eyes, and hands lifted in desperate…
April 9, 2020