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…
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November 29, 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
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
When People Pray All Wrong {Help for the Fledgling Observer of Lent}
You know those prayers ...the ones that seem to raise the roof right off the church building. Yes--those. And there you are ..."Uhhhh, God ...uhmmm ...I need help ..."…
March 14, 2019
A Bump in the Road {Frustrations in the Middle}
I think I hit a bump in the road this week. The journey continues. The road seems long. The end is ...well, I'm not sure! Heaven--sure; but earth ...that's another…
October 7, 2018
Life Between a Rock and a Hard Place
Grief and loss can gush like water and run for days, weeks, even years --finding routes into the tiniest cracks and crevices of our innermost being. Sometimes the seed of…
May 7, 2018
Stomping it out with Jesus
At first I was burdened--heavy hearted-- but after several blows, I was rippin' mad. Mama bear mad. The devil had dished out his fury and this mama went stompin' it…
April 28, 2018
The End of the World …and More
A theme captivating many movie-watchers over the years --The End of the World Is Coming ! My husband and I found ourselves eating popcorn to such a movie last week and…
January 25, 2016