Children are so good at bringing clarity to sometimes ambiguous ideas. As our Sundays together come to an end even the littlest kids have sensed the finality of it. So they ask to sit with each other during worship and spontaneous acts of love happen. What a beautiful picture of being intentional! Yet why does …
We forgot what truly happened on 9/11. We forgot how united we were. How we loved each other.
It was a great weekend with my daughter helping in the kitchen for the Camp Pinewood work weekend. For me God used this time to solidify that yes I am doing what He wants us to do. I was having second thoughts about working all summer at camp. Did I really hear God or was …
Honestly, I wish this wasn’t true. I wish I could just stay in those green pastures and by those calm waters. To perpetually be Mary sitting at Jesus’s feet, listening. While I wish it, I don’t want it. I wouldn’t trade my faith now for the faith I had 4 years ago. I wouldn’t trade …
How the heck is she okay? Doesn’t she know the world has gone mad? Can I tell you a secret? Those surrounding you that are okay in crisis have already gone through another life crisis. They have already wrestled with God and whether He really sovereign (spoiler alert He always is). So for us it …
Calm mornings help calm the mind. I have had to work on controlling my thoughts. Like so many of you when the crisis hits our minds spin the situation over and over. What we can say, what should we have said, how we could have changed this future we did not want. But God says …
A year is a 365 day story. We can write what we want or we can allow God to write what He wants. But I will warn you what He may write will not always be sunrises and roses. He writes in storms, allows suffering, and sometimes the fairytale doesn’t have the ending we want. …
One of our best Advent Calendars to date. We decided to do mini gifts and instead of candy or chocolate I wrote up a year of serving. Each day there is a serving opportunity, the kids will place them all in a jar and then draw 2 each month. I asked them to report back …
I don’t know why but cozy, dreary days always flood me with memories of loved ones. It is tough when those days hit during a holiday. But God is always there to give me hope. Opening up His word fills me up. Reaching out to family or friends helps me process my tears. And having …
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