https://youtu.be/FWx1HhIwmEI When the ground underneath us quakes, (from a death, a shock, a debilitating fear, a lament, even a hard fight with a loved one), we can lay ourselves right down. Nine years into our marriage, Andrew and I were battling I…
It’s when I show up at the Confession on Sunday morning empty handed that I know I’m in trouble. I’ve forgotten the quick cutting down, the self-pity binge, the explosions at bedtime. I’ve forgotten the pride because pride makes the…
I’m joining the fabulous Emily Freeman in sharing 10 things I learned this August weaving back and forth from silly to serious. This is the summer vacation edition. 1. First, I need to just keep pushing the publish button. Keep putting words on paper.…
It’s the prayer that hits all the Goliaths of my sin square between the eyes. I read it and fall to my knees. To tell you the truth, I don’t really pray this prayer at all. I hold it in awe…
You are allowed to rest. This is permission. Invitation. It had been a busy day, full of teetering stacks of laundry and ministry and the kind of slow exhaustion that makes one desperate for another cup of coffee…at 8…just to make it…
Women are quick to lift up the mask, paint on the mask…but the truth? The mask can plaster on hard. It becomes a wall between sisters and only the brave take it off. But when the walls do come…
It seems impossible doesn’t it? My beautiful college friend asked THE question: How do we find time to pray and wait on God as busy moms? How do we sit at His feet when they are climbing all over our…
Each one felt like a warm bloody mass of miracle when first placed on my chest all arms and legs and eyes unblinking. Every time. “I have my own baby!” Madeline jumped up and down beside the hospital bed when she first glimpsed…
The scripture is where I am transformed and this one here is exposing me. A weekly submitting myself to the gospel in the lectionary is renewing my heart and mind. Come along for the pilgrimage? We call it Word Seeds. …
What nourished and wrecked me this week: 1. Caedmon wanted to eat pizza Sunday night and Madeline wanted to knead it and watch it rise. So this is the pizza we chose and while the recipe encourages the use of…