The year is quietly melting away. Folding itself up to be tucked into the past. Slipping into the treasure trove of our memories. I love the turning of the calendar – an opportunity to begin anew, a hopeful anticipation of what’s to come, a fresh setting of goals and dreams. But I also love the… Continue reading A Celebration of 2017
Those lies … they came knocking again just last week. Knocking at the tired door of my heart. Pounding with insistent fists against my weary brain. Whispering to the exhausted, frayed edges of my emotions. And it seemed like for sure they were going to win again. How familiar those tired lies were. I’d heard… Continue reading Those Tired Lies
I sat there in Starbucks after my coffee meeting was over, notebook spread in front of me, hot panini steaming at my side, waiting. Impatient for some words of wisdom to come to me. Impatient to be writing something “important.” Impatient to know what God wanted me to learn. And as I sat there and… Continue reading Oh, Impatient Heart
If I could teach you, dear one – To dream in bright colors, To not be afraid of ideas That no one’s ever had before, To imagine the possibilities Of “what if,” And to believe in yourself Long enough to explore them – If I could teach you, my little scholar – To be… Continue reading If I Could Teach You, Dear One
