a few thoughts
Keep on Speaking
Now's not the time to be silent. Use your voice and stand.
Living relationally has nothing to do with where you live, but has everything with how you love.
Loving people doesn’t happen just because you’re present…loving people happens when your heart is...
C’mon woman, lift her lid
C'mon woman. Or should we change that to Woman, c'mon? Let's start lifting lids. Sure we all have invisible canopies and barriers, but have you placed them on other...
Quiet darkness for the unrest of the day
To-do lists, needs, deadlines, routines, necessaries all fight for the second hand of my clock. I push through toward the goals, the expectations set before me. There was a season when it felt like daily winds whipped...
Standing against storms
Have winds pushed against you? Power and resistance thrust back at me as I slipped out of my office to pick up lunch this week. Overwhelmed by an intriguing force of curiosity and risk, I drove straight to the beach a...
Composting this life
As the weather turned quickly, I ran out to throw the last of my kitchen scraps onto our compost heap. Broken eggshells, curling layers of carrot skins, a soft, oozing zucchini discovered under plastic in the bottom of...
What is it about beach glass?
As I walked the abandoned beach last week, amidst the pebbles and smooth rocks I spied my first slice of beach glass of the autumn season. Treasure! As I reached down to claim my jewel it suddenly suggested to me… my middle son, born with Down syndrome – my son is my beach glass treasure.
Knit a little too tight?
Before you knew the world and before the world knew you, there was God. Your Creator. He created your inmost being, He knit you together. Ever have a day that unexpectedly unravels? No warning. No tug. But each inner...
We gather in poverty
Wednesdays, a tribe of women gather. A cold café on dark winter nights unhurriedly percolates with a steady trickle of women. Lights flicker on and love pours into styrofoam cups…hot, steaming coffee flows with bold...