Christmas is just days away and here I am blogging about something for January! Craaazy, I know! And though I would like some particular times to go more slowly (i.e. vacations, holidays, celebrations...) time continues to speed by. So, I am...
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Smack dab in the middle of the Christmas season I can feel such a compulsion to strive. Often my heart is not at rest waiting for Jesus to come to me yet again, but straining; desperately reaching for entrance into the place where...
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My husband John is a health food nut, er…advocate, er…aficionado…umm, person from way back. Thirty-five years ago, before it was even remotely cool, he was a nutritionist at a tiny little health food store called The...
READ MOREOften I feel like I am standing outside of my own life looking through a plate glass window that I cannot pass. On the other side are those I love. I have watched my husband and sons play with a freedom and ease of soul that was foreign to me...
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Jesus is a master Storyteller. Speaking the language of the heart, Jesus taught through parables so we would better understand him. The Bible is ripe with one story after another. Remember the story of the woman in Mark 5 with the...
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The other night I was lying on the floor with worship music playing. But I wasn’t lying on the floor worshipping. I was wondering. The day had not been a great one. I was exhausted from travel and too many conversations and I thought...
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The other night I was lying on the floor with worship music playing. But I wasn’t lying on the floor worshipping. I was wondering. The day had not been a great one. I was exhausted from travel and too many conversations and I thought...
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September 11th today. I am remembering. Praying. Hoping. And blogging. Not about national security or fallen heroes or even the importance of remembering. In the midst of this important day, I’m writing again about...
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Dear ones,
I share the following for all those who are letting their children go further into their own lives. Into Kindergarten. Into the dorm. Into the next season of their lives. I share the following from my heart that doesn't...
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My youngest son and his girlfriend are making us dinner. In my kitchen. Right now! And I don’t have to do ANYTHING!!!! I’m not even going to set the table! Oh, okay, fine, I’ll offer to set the table. But that’s it! No salad to...
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I had the privilege yesterday to sit with a friend at the hospital in the “Surgery Waiting Room.” Okay, that is holy ground if ever there is any. The emotions in the place are thick. The memories for me in the place are rampant. Raw...
READ MOREI think there’s only so much beauty a soul can hold. We vacationed in the majestic Tetons this July. Again. And again, God came and met me there. It is for me a thin place. A place where the distance between Heaven and Earth, between my not...
READ MOREIf I had everything I ever wanted but didn't have Jesus, I would have nothing. If I have nothing but do have Jesus, I have everything.
The prayer of my heart today —no, more than just today is, "Jesus, I give you everything. I...
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It’s 9:30pm and the horizon is glowing. From my deck I can see spots of red where homes are burning. I pray.
The fire that burned in our community a year ago destroyed over 340 homes. It stopped mere feet from our own...
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On my walk this morning, I was remembering goodness. Remembering miracles, really. And thanking God. I'm surrounded by miracles. The truth is, I'm a walking miracle! (And I bet you are, too!) On my regular walk I pass by the Open...
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