anxiety

Reframing Lonely Seasons

Awareness of God's Presence

  Driving behind Andrew’s UHaul, The kids and I were crushed into our minivan with a pile of odds and ends and my mother-in-law who thankfully is a moving genius. It all felt uncomfortably familiar though. This was our third…

Rebuilding Trust in God after an Earthquake

fear

    This week we’re still on vacation. And for a few days it’s just our immediate family, myself, my husband and three kids at the family cottage. We’re biking around the island, eating plenty of Highlands Creamery ice cream,…

Where Do We Get More Love-Fueled Courage?

Growth

  We need you fully present, fully awake.   We need light-bearers, God-bearers, Kingdom-bringers, hope-servers.   We are hungry for your glad tidings shouted from mountaintops, whispered into smartphones, wrapped around the shoulders of the widow sitting hands-folded in the…

Advent, Day 16: When We Do Too Much

Sabbath

The Advent lectionary and my little Advent series here collided randomly this Sunday in the most satisfying way. Yesterday’s scriptures, “He shall feed his flock” was featured for the Old Testament and then were repeated by Christ to John the Baptist…

When Fear Squeezes

Sabbath

Tonight it was the chocolate sheet cake, the one with the thick fudgy frosting Andrew’s mom taught me step by step. It’s THE “birthday cake” around here because no one can imagine desiring anything but a large rectangle of this…

Surrender: Feasting on the Present Day 6

Sabbath

Hurry is an unpleasant thing in itself, but also very unpleasant for whoever is around it.  Some people came into my room and rushed in and rushed out and even when they were there they were not there — they…

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