It truly has been a year like no other … but in the end, at least we can say we all got through it together. And more than any other year, we all had some of the oddest shared experiences. So I think it’s time to celebrate them and see what kind of 2020 Survivor… Continue reading 2020 Survivor Quiz
“Many of us have encountered people who have had similar experiences reading Tolkien’s Lord of the Rings or Lewis’s Perelandra. Often they have experienced something profound while reading these fantasies, but are at a loss to describe it. All they seem to know is that they were part of the music while the music lasted”… Continue reading You Were Part of the Music
We all long for something more – For peace in the midst of conflict, For joy in the midst of sorrow, For comfort and healing in the midst of pain. We long for an end to our waiting, We long to be intimately known and loved, We long to be found in our wandering,… Continue reading The Longing
The season of celebrating is almost upon us – and for a little more than a month – from Thanksgiving to New Year’s Eve – we will start seeing the surge of “picture-perfect” family moments on social media. The Thanksgiving dinner table laden with beautiful pies and centerpieces. The kids gathered around a freshly cut… Continue reading Hashtag Picture Perfect
Nine years ago, I read the book One Thousand Gifts by Ann Voskamp and had my mind radically transformed by the power of gratitude. The idea of recognizing, writing down, and giving thanks for the every day, the “common grace,” the taken for granted, the beautiful ordinary – this was one that I embraced without… Continue reading 7014 Gifts … and Counting
I bought two boxes of Christmas cards the other day. They’re sitting on my table until the time comes to start filling them out and sending them to people. The top box has a beautifully designed card with a single word across the front: Joy. And today when I saw it, I thought – “That… Continue reading The Year that Ended Sadly
It has now been a month and a half since my father entered his eternal home. And every day that I reflect on the life he lived, I only become more inspired to follow in his footsteps. My father was of a rare breed. He would never have considered himself extraordinary – but the way… Continue reading His was a Life Not Wasted – Thoughts on My Father’s Life
Three years ago, when I turned thirty, I wrote up “The Thirty Manifesto: {Purposeful Dreaming for the Best Decade Yet}.” Rather than a checklist or a bucket list, it was a list of reminders for how I wanted my life to be lived – so that the thirties would not be a decade wasted –… Continue reading Are You Ready & Eager to Surrender to Him?
Tell Me Tell me – Do you know What it’s like To be me? I feel lost at sea Sometimes – A sea of strangers, A sea of unfamiliarity, A sea of grief. Tell me – Do you know What it’s like To grieve For things You’ve never had? I sometimes Cry… Continue reading The Darkness Where He Meets Me
Maybe it’s better that I should live alone Maybe it’s better That I should live alone – That silence soothes my tired brain As I walk through my morning routine. Maybe it’s better That I don’t have to worry About sharing shower time Or kitchen space as I race the clock. Maybe it’s… Continue reading Maybe It’s Better That I Should Live Alone
