Placing Life and Death (the year of gathering)
Help me rightly place life by rightly placing death. The prayer feels upside down, but it’s been reverberating in my soul since I met Harriet. She rests quietly beneath...
Love your enemies. (the year of gathering)
I honestly thought there might be an asterisk somewhere in the pages—a subtle footnote or editor’s revision tucked in the margins. “You have heard that it was said, ‘Love...
Grief and Hope Hold Hands (the year of gathering)
I’m thinking again about the unlikely friendship of grief, and how she loves to hold the hands of hope even in her awkwardness as she leans into our lives,...
Get Dirty (the year of gathering)
I am not a gardener, but I still love every lesson taught in farmer’s almanacs of the abiding and tending of seedtime and harvest. Onions aren’t ready to be...
We are Gifted (the year of gathering)
I remember writing the words, “I want to make a difference, I want to be a change-agent.” In my life, the longing to not be anonymous was great—chalk it...
being honest (the year of gathering)
I need to be honest with you about two things. First, if you put all of the words together that have been written here and on Instagram since 2021...
Love Purposed (the year of gathering)
He who takes refuge in the shelter of the Most High will be safe in the shadow of the Almighty. Psalm 91 “If you don’t remember much about the...
Love Championed (the year of gathering)
I think about the moment in Genesis, the first chapter. God, in His divinely creative glory, crafting man and woman and smiling and saying, “This is so very good.”...
Love Embodied (the year of gathering)
If you don’t remember much about the words I write or the things I say, I hope you remember this: when I say God delights in you, it’s not...
The Girl in the Green Dress (the year of gathering)
“Lord, make me an instrument of Your peace…” The prayer is part of our Sunday morning rhythm at church. Chances are, you’ve read it or heard someone recite it....
take heart (the year of gathering)
The caption on the InstaStory read,”Today I had some meetings, wrote some content, said farewell to a little piece of my identity for nigh on 8 years, and savored...
How We fit Together (the year of gathering)
I’m going to say something right now that might frustrate or worry those of you who say you love Jesus and are called according to His purpose to be...
