40 Days To Purpose Whenever God wanted to prepare someone for His purpose, He took 40 days. So the power of fours is a real thing. Interestingly, the bible is full of transformations that happen in increments of four. The reason I began this 40-day challenge is that I want to make a shift in my life.... Continue Reading →
Can't See The Forest For The Trees Have you ever been so focused on something that you got lost? Not a little lost. Very, very lost - blown off track, so lost you can't see the forest for the trees? Deer Trails & Distractions Life isn't a portfolio of massive landscapes and big pictures. It's... Continue Reading →
Derailed Blessings don't always look like blessings at first. About two and half weeks after my son got his first car to go to his first career job, it broke down. Not just a little breakdown, a catastrophic, “This car is dead to you” type breakdown. I began driving him to and from work every... Continue Reading →
The soft, grainy sand between my toes, rising and falling with the cold waves, the push and pull of the current, the warm sun and the gentle breeze - the joys of a beach trip. The end of summer brings cooler days that lend themselves to lazing away from late morning to early evening without... Continue Reading →
"God is the shepherd in search of his lamb. His legs are scratched, his feet are sore and his eyes are burning. He scales the cliffs and traverses the fields. He explores the caves. He cups his hands to his mouth and calls into the canyon. And the name he calls is yours." from And... Continue Reading →
Everyone is "fine," "great," "splendid, thank you." At least, that's what we say. We go to school, to work, to church, and always put our best face forward. Yes, I said face. Why? Why don't we say how we really are? I mean... at least at church. Isn't church the place where people go for... Continue Reading →
Shattered - But God Is With You In my early 20s, I was working in a rundown industrial area of the city. On this particularly bitter day, my boyfriend drove me to work because he needed to borrow my car. Making our way from one frozen intersection to the next, I wasn't thinking much about... Continue Reading →
My daughter has been doing a project for school that involves asking everyone in the family what their favorite song is; she also asked about my mom's favorite. Songs I haven't listened to for a long time have been swirling about my brain for weeks now. Vividly I remember perpetually carefully choosing the plastic protected... Continue Reading →
There are times in life when the circumstances we face are so impossible, so insurmountable, so daunting that we can see no way out. While terrifying, it's also oddly comforting to know that our only hope is in Christ. As we huddle, crouched on our tiny islands surrounded by a raging storm in the middle... Continue Reading →
Algernon And Me Flowers For Algernon was, hands down, one of the most depressing books I've ever read. Don't get me wrong, I've read some really horrendous and depressing books - I mean, hey, I was an English teacher and depressing books are all the rage to teach to angsty teens. To be fair, I've... Continue Reading →
Have you ever felt that something in your life was not meant for you? Maybe it was a dream you thought was too big, too grand, or, too unbelievable? Growing up, I was infinitely practical. At five, I had already determined that I would need a full scholarship to college in order to go. By... Continue Reading →
Irish robins are some of the most beautiful birds ever created. They are the stuff of legend, illustrating holiday cards, children's books, and referenced countless times in literature. Unlike their American cousins, these robins are smaller, plumper, more vibrantly colored and almost Disneyesque in nature. They are exceedingly precious. Admiring the robin on the front... Continue Reading →
