Stories About: Prayer

Ten Easter Stories for You, from Me

Easter is coming. And today, I'm pondering how we are no different than those who said, “Well, there you go – most certainly He was God’s son. I knew...

What I’m Yielding this Lenten Season

Hi there, friends. It's no secret that I love words. I love the shape and sound, the meaning and the motive of them all. And I love to paint stories on...

The Purpose of Pain (and pain-free #kitchentherapy with wine)

This week, #kitchentherapy takes on pain and soothes it by wining a lot. Yes, there’s wine in the meal and wine in the dessert and wine with your bread...

Hope (Advent)

The heart rests on two picture books, the glow of a candle calling out its design. It was a treasure found in Kenya on one of my latest journeys....

I’m a Recovering Independent – plus #kitchentherapy and the best lemon pie!

I know I’ve written this a hundred times, but we are built for belonging and we are crafted for community. It’s made evident every time we receive the perfect...

Can I Tell You a Secret?

Can I tell you a secret? A while back, I got a lot of attention. Because of a Facebook group I was in, folks visited my blog, they liked...

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...

Holy Week. 10 Easter Stories.

It’s holy week. And I’m undone in a most precious way. Not precious like the face of a smiling child, but precious like diamonds chipped from coal or goal...

Dust and Delighting (Ash Wednesday)

I heard him quietly whisper “to dust we will return,” as the ashes were placed on my head, and I reflected on the words from my morning devotional. “You...

A Lot More like Digging (the Lenten Season)

The Lenten season has begun. Yesterday, I wrote about the thin places - where heaven and earth collide in beauty. Today, I'm sharing a most personal thing: what Lent...

A Most Pervasive Jesus and the Thin Places

Scottish lore is that there is only three feet separating heaven and earth – but there are places we find where the distance is even closer. “Thin places,” they...