I love you, 2021 (the year of gathering)
Hey there, 2021. I love you. I just wanted you to know. I ended 2020 with a multitude of letters to the year that had so much stacked against...
This is Where Quiet Time Lives.
I wonder why “quiet time” became defined by the perfect chair illuminated by the perfect light at the perfect time of day, flanked by the journal that has the...
Here’s to the Invitation. And Here’s to the Response.
"No one who walked through our door that night knew much about me or my life. To them, I was the woman married to the tall man with the...
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...
Hope Has a Heartbeat.
This is a love note to you, dear ones - you who feel scattered like leaves in a furious wind. This is a message to remind you that you...
Knees Become Roots (Ephesians 3)
Close your eyes, little love. Close your eyes and imagine a garden. Do you see it now? It's there behind a gleaming gate held up by - wait, it...
Paint a Story (Proverbs 14)
My friend Wycliffe wrote, "Proverbs 14:1. That was our sermon today." And so I journeyed there - to the scriptures, to meditate and see what God might have for...
I am Bright. (Psalm 18)
And all grew quiet.
And then You reached for me, cradling me in Your arms. You lifted me from the ashes and the drowning. You breathed Your life into my...
Give Me Words. #write31days
And I think of the times I have just hidden - cloaked the gift of life or locked it away - so I wouldn't have to subject myself to...
(sabbath) Inhale. Exhale. #write31days
“It’s a prayer of exactly seven syllables, the number that corresponds perfectly to the rhythm of our breathing."
It's Sunday, and I'm savoring the prayers of others today - and...
The Last Day. #write31days
“There is nothing dreary or doubtful about life. It is meant to be continually joyful…We are called to a settled happiness in the Lord whose joy is our strength.”...
