In a class I attended on journaling we were told we should decide whether our journals would be about real life or spiritual life. The teacher said, "It can't be both." "Wrong!" I said to myself then and now. Real life is tightly braided with spiritual life. I believe that is how it is created… Continue reading God Kisses
Seven years ago today I suddenly, unexpectedly lost a friend, a colleague, my boss, the senior pastor of our church. In that one day, many things changed for many of us. For me, it began a seven year journey of challenges that are best described as a series of gut punches. As today dawned, I… Continue reading Heartache and Light
It's Valentines Week, the time of year when we become Love focused for a bit. Some people feel sad during this time if romance isn't in the picture. That's unfortunate and it seems far more productive to focus on just upping our love game in general. Lately I've been writing and speaking about the art… Continue reading Love=Noticing
To be spiritually alive is to be awake. Scripture is full of reminders to wake up, watch, notice and be thankful. It's easy to notice when wrong things are happening. It's easy to see stress unfolding as well as injustice, anger, doubt and hardship. Cultivating an awareness of grace seems more difficult, kind of like… Continue reading Drops of Grace
After six weeks of not driving and wearing a boot on my broken right ankle, the doctor gave me good news. He said, "I can see on the x-ray that your ankle is healing. Your body is creating new bone." He released me to remove the boot to drive and told me only two more weeks… Continue reading Healing
For the second year in a row, our church has sponsored a Pumpkin Patch to raise money for our church's teenagers to go on summer mission trips. Having a Pumpkin Patch is quite an endeavor, requiring a massive amount of volunteers to staff it daily for all of October. It takes a village. We have… Continue reading Pumpkin Joy
So, we arrived home last night. My husband had to work first thing this morning. I luckily, have a cushion day in which do buy groceries, do laundry and such. I also took some time to answer a few emails, get a few things on the calendar for this week and next week.My boys both… Continue reading Re-Entry
