a few thoughts
A Perfect Storm
Sometimes it takes a storm to move you to the other side of the lake. Have you ever found yourself...
We can do this together.
We think this is hard, and we’re alone and we’re walking a road that humanity has never seen....
Piercing the Darkness
It's Christmas morning, and the dark weight of the world rests kind of heavy on our shoulders. Too many are alone, waking in silence. Wanting and waiting. This 2020–who...
What color is your grace?
I stepped into my blog thinking grace is supposed to look "pretty". Grace…calm, soft and soothing. But Grace too, is flipping surgical. It cuts into the flesh, replaces the heart, sews up the wound and leaves scars to...
Trust without the path
My children have trusted me. Planned trips, surprise excursions, an occasional out-of-the-blue appearance at school for an afternoon of hooky, they each trusted me. They didn’t know where we were going. They didn’t...
What about when grace hurts?
It’s hard to fathom grace, grasp grace, process grace, acknowledge grace, receive grace. Regardless, the grace of God follows whether we turn towards or away. It’s the shadow that pursues. As we step into His light its...
Ever had a song that doesn’t leave you?
Have you ever had a song that doesn’t seem to leave you? One that entwines itself into your soul, wakes up with you in the morning, and sets a beat to your footsteps during your day? For two weeks I have walked in step...
Thankful for the grace
I am thankful. Truly thankful for the grace. Grace that I shunned for years…because I did not choose to claim it in full. But without the grace, who was my God in the twenty-three years I journeyed with Jesus … yet...
Stay
Through the grace of simplicity, dignity is bestowed in the command “Stay“. Stay hems in safety and provision. It comforts, nourishes, bolsters. Stay calms. Yet…there are times the boundaries of stay mock the...