a few thoughts
Let your soul speak its truth
"The soul speaks its truth only under quiet, inviting, and trustworthy conditions. The soul is...
Piercing the Darkness
It's Christmas morning, and the dark weight of the world rests kind of heavy on our shoulders. Too...
Why you need art
"You gotta have art" read the bright yellow button that my upbeat, energetic teacher wore on her smock, along with a poster hanging on the door to my favorite hideaway...
Can you change your tune?
You know what it's like when you get a song stuck in your head and you keep singing it over and over again? It's usually one of the most ridiculously annoying songs that you know, right? Well sometimes as women, we...
Here in the Power, I’ll Stand
“Is anyone thirsty? Come and drink— even if you have no money! Come, take your choice of wine or milk— it’s all free! Why spend your money on food that does not give you strength? Why pay for food that does you...
Transitions
I knelt beside the tired mama, helpless to bring relief as her eyes searched the room, searched the heavens, for relief. There was none. Pain had washed over every part of her physical being. We prayed, cried out: Lord...
2015: what’s your word / theme?
Leading into each new year, I ask God to prepare me for what's ahead at the close of the last, and He faithfully provides me a word, a theme, and most often a verse from which it emerged. Sometimes His response...
What are you cooking?
In my day-to-day role at my corporate job, I work with a lot of cooks, recipe developers and chefs. I also work with food stylists who prepare food for photo and video shoots. Now, I'll preface this by saying, our...
Is your soul set on joy?
What is joy? Is it happiness? Delight? Jubilation? Triumph or great pleasure? All of those? None of those? Joy sometimes seems to be…elusive, here today and gone tomorrow, an attitude of choice or maybe bi-product of...