“For everything there is a season…a time to keep silence, and a time to speak.” – Ecclesiastes 3:1,7 ESV Hello friend, it’s been a while. Months really, since I put down my pen (and my laptop) – deeply questioning my ability to write and serve and minister to you through this blog. I think it […]
I sit across from her in a mostly empty restaurant. We’ve been friends for a while, and I know her story. I know of the pain and upheaval of her childhood and early adult life. I know of the hard places she’s endured in raising her boys, and in keeping her marriage alive. I am […]
Their cards line the mantel, and sweet memories of another Mother’s Day are now tucked within my heart. I’m glad to be a their mother. Glad for every moment and memory we’ve gathered together through the years. My heart is crowded with love for them, and I thank God that it is. But there’s another […]
Spring is my new favorite season. I’ve fallen in love with its scents, and sights, and how it tells fresh stories of nature’s renewal. Every day, blossoms get bigger, trees grow taller, and leaves sprout greener, as they seem to speak a singular message… Today is better than yesterday. Today, nature stands sturdier, and fuller, […]
Fragile. It’s a word I’ve been paying a lot of attention to lately. See, the truth is, I’m going through a season where I feel physically, emotionally, and spiritually fragile. It’s a hard thing to confess. To admit your strength is wavering, and nothing feels firm, and it all makes you a little afraid. Because […]
“Brothers and sisters, pray for us.” – 1 Thessalonians 5:25 When good things get hard, it’s comforting to know you have friends who will come along side you and pray. They become the lifter of your hands and the strength of your stance. They bare hope in hopeless situations, and care for you when you […]
The empty tomb. It seems fitting, this day after Easter, to talk with you about hope and what the hollow (and hallowed) tomb of Jesus means in terms of that hope. The truth is, you cannot talk about the empty tomb of our risen Christ without talking about hope. The emptiness of the tomb is one […]
“If God be our God, He will give us peace in trouble. When there is a storm without, He will make peace within. The world can create trouble in peace, but God can create peace in trouble.” – Thomas Watson Sometimes the walls of our home bang and clang and rumble with not-so-peaceful sounds. There’s […]
