Today we have a treat, a guest post by Paula Gamble, a spiritual director from the Pacific Northwest. She leads ReFresh retreats and blogs here. She has a beautiful Lenten Series. Here’s an excerpt: Unhurry Up into Easter: A…
Pruning, though painful, causes growth. We’ve got obstacles that need to be removed and this is where the life-long work of pruning comes in, removing the sin, scooping out the suffocating fear, redirecting the anger, having our minds renovated by…
John 15:1-8 Good teachers teach from what is right in front of them and my bet is that in this scripture, Jesus is too. I imagine he and the disciples are on a hike to a new village…the Word,…
Lord Jesus Christ, you stretched out your arms of love on the hard wood of the cross that everyone might come within the reach of your saving embrace: So clothe us in your Spirit that we, reaching forth our hands…
Meet Lynn Johnson. I’m guest posting over at her site today with this, my messy and unglamorous (though no less victorious) redemption story. And you, friend, you’ve just got to get to know Lynn. She and her husband and seven…
As we dug our heels into the snow and inched closer to the edge, my breath caught. I wrapped my arms tight around my three year old tight and leaned back into my husband. Our long plastic “flying carpet” gouged…
I’m a good news, shout it from the rooftop type girl. I’ve even got to sing the praises of my brilliant new hairstylist! (By the way, she’s in Holland, MI, researches justice issues around the world for fun, and chats with…
I hear a call in the quiet of the early morning: “Deepen,” He whispers. God is using the specific vocabulary of a Madeleine L’Engle lover. I was shaken Saturday. Triggered, that is. They were dressed straight off the cover of a JCrew catalog and I shrunk…
The streets are shining under the streetlamps behind the little yellow cottage. Ravinia Rd, is a curl of glass between two houses and school is out again. All of my plans must be remade and it has been over…
I use and reuse this gem of a story from LeAnne Payne about what happens when we peel back the layers of our negative self-talk and allow the light of Scriptural truth in. The story comes from Restoring the Christian…