I Love You More Than the Tongue Can Speak
The longer I would search for words to make Alaina feel better, the more speechless I became. There came a time when actions were the best way to show love. A simple hug, a trip to the park or even a meal at her favorite Bojangles on the way to her treatment.
The actions were beyond what the tongue could speak. Continue reading I Love You More Than the Tongue Can Speak
How Do You Decorate Your Gingerbread House?
God didn’t design us to all be alike. To think alike.
To act alike. Create room in your heart this Christmas for those who are different from you. Continue reading How Do You Decorate Your Gingerbread House?
Great Expectations
We bring expectations to so many areas of our lives. Our relationships, our work, our faith, even our experience of Christmas. Subtle checklists of what should be – how it should look and feel – that can sometimes get in the way of seeing the gifts right in front of us. Continue reading Great Expectations
Believe You are Enough
Believe the truth of what God says about you. Let it drown out the other voices in your head. You are made in the image of God – beautiful, beloved, whole. You are loved with an everlasting love. You are more than enough. Continue reading Believe You are Enough
Are You a Good Friend?
We all need a friend to help us up, not if, but when, we fall. Continue reading Are You a Good Friend?
Smells Like Jesus
What will your Advent smell like this year? Will the aroma be sweet and inviting to those around you? Will fragrances of comfort and forgiveness, understanding and healing linger in your wake? Continue reading Smells Like Jesus
Is Hope on Your Wish List?
What if hope were on our wish list this year. Even better, what if that was the gift we sought to give. To wrap up big and small acts of justice and mercy and peace and slip them into the stockings where they are needed the most. To light a candle of hope in the darkness of too much self, too much them, not enough we. Continue reading Is Hope on Your Wish List?
Open to Wonder
We spend so much energy cramming all we can into all of the spaces in our lives – our calendar, our closet, our mental checklist – that when room is finally created, anticipation can’t help but well up with the wonder of how it will be filled. How God will fill it. Continue reading Open to Wonder
Be Still: Advent 2018
This Advent, in the midst of the festive and fun chaos, create moments of stillness to truly anticipate and prepare for Christ to come into your life in new ways. Continue reading Be Still: Advent 2018
A Sabbath Rest From Worry
Worry cannot add a single moment to your life, but it can certainly take moments of joy away. Continue reading A Sabbath Rest From Worry
Hamster Wheel Exit Strategy
Life doesn’t just happen to us. We’re not helpless. We make choices. If we’re going to stop for sabbath, it’s not going to happen by chance, only by choice. Continue reading Hamster Wheel Exit Strategy
Ready, Set, …Stop! Preparing for Sabbath
Sometimes we speed so fast through life that we miss the anticipation of what is coming, the delight of getting ready for what is next. Continue reading Ready, Set, …Stop! Preparing for Sabbath
