Posted March 29, 2024
How will you fill your empty tomb? As I enter the Easter season, and consider the empty tomb Christ left behind, what empty spaces need to be filled to live with a resurrected hope? In Lent, I journeyed into the desert for forty days and attempted to pay attention to
... continue reading.Posted December 4, 2023
As a young mom, I had strong ideals. I yearned to figure out all the answers. I admired moms who resembled perfection and I longed to emulate them. High standards seemed virtuous. Yet, high standards often back-fired as I lost sight of my purpose. What my heart really longed for
... continue reading.Posted June 5, 2023
“The secret of getting ahead is getting started. The secret to getting started is breaking your overwhelming tasks into small manageable tasks, and then starting on the first one.” Mark Twain I am overwhelmed as I consider the challenge I am invited into. I’ve always longed to run a marathon
... continue reading.Posted January 3, 2023
Have you ever felt defeat to the point it seemed pointless to try again? I remember the ups and downs of my ambitions, endless roller-coaster rides, and the trying and failing of embarking on a new journey. Eventually, I’d throw my hands in the air, “What’s the point? I’m not
... continue reading.Posted June 21, 2022
I stopped by the river yesterday in the chill of early morning and found a dry bench under a tree by the brisk rapids. The current rushed by me with such speed and power always in forward motion. Spring is a season of growth, power, and change. I ponder whether
... continue reading.Posted May 10, 2022
“What you are is God’s gift to you, what you become is your gift to God.” Hans Urs Von Balthasar Standing on the beach, sea breeze in my face, arms outstretched, I take it all in. The possibilities are endless. At this moment I realize I have a second chance.
... continue reading.Posted February 1, 2022
Are you uncomfortable with the uncertainty of what lies ahead? Proverbs 3:6 assures us that when we seek God, He will direct our steps. Often those words are easier to trust when on a wide, smooth, and comfortable path. Yet do we fully embrace them when the path feels uncertain?
... continue reading.Posted December 14, 2021
Confucius once stated, “Everything has beauty, but not everyone sees it.” I remember catching glimpses of beauty and goodness as a child, yet I knew those gifts could not be for me; they were fleeting like a vanishing sunset. I recall grieving over moments where life (God) touched me, but
... continue reading.Posted November 9, 2021
I fall, fail, and begin again over and over. I’m not afraid of the fall and fail, although that wasn’t always the case. More often as a girl and young adult it was fall, fail, and beat myself up, then quit. Start and quit was my story to the point
... continue reading.Posted October 5, 2021
Impossible Blessings I was seven, close to eight years old when we departed New York. All I understood was change was taking place and we were moving somewhere far away. Although crammed in the back seat of our small car, elbowing and bickering with two of my sisters, my young
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