Above All, Remember This: God Redeems Time.
“God redeems time.”
I’ve said those three words hundreds of times in conversations, written them in notes, spoken them from stages in all sorts of places. I even use them...
Holy Listening, and Hearing God.
I want to be a holy listener - to hear God reveal purpose in every moment and to welcome Him in every conversation, to embrace both the times when...
The Place Where God and Humanity Intersect
“The temple is the place where God and humanity intersected.”
This morning, the rain is falling again outside. The tender tapping on the window has been jotted down in my...
Bloom. Rest. Burn.
"I was taught as a child that life was a rather straight-lined, nose-to-the-grindstone series of battles followed by blessing. But childhood fables of “strive hard and strive long to...
Good Grief, Good Words, and Pieces (some thoughts on a Thursday)
For a girl who loves words that are woven into well-crafted storylines, this season has been a challenging one. I’ve written a lot of things for others, but have...
Hope. Love. Joy. Peace. And Christmas.
As I write this little letter, Brad is stoking the fire in the living room. He’s got a pot of chili cooking, which heralds cold weather and something that...
The Beauty of Expectancy.
In the days in-between the glorious moments of beautiful birth and humble offering, the days before what had been promised and prophesied was revealed to all – the world...
#kitchentherapy for the holidays: DESSERT YUM
It's been a while since I've gotten to really enjoy time in the kitchen at CasaRock. But the holidays are here, and I'm ready to have folks at the...
The 30s Will Not Last. And There is Something Better.
I once wrote a little essay to a woman turning 30. Aptly enough, it was entitled, "30 Things to Learn from a Woman over 50." It was filled with...
15 wonders what we now believe.
Fifteen years is a lifetime for my friend’s daughters now in middle and high school. It’s almost half of my son’s life story. It’s a portion of my marriage....
Be and Keep Being. (3 John)
A little something for you, because the noise of the crowds all around us keeps growing louder, and if we are not careful we can fall far into the...
Behind the Iron Gates. Monja Blanca.
There would be little time for names or stories that day. But there would be faces of the little ones with shaved heads and hollow eyes. There would be...
