Is Your Grip on Comfort too Tight??
Don’t be shocked to find upon arriving at mid-life, that you still don’t have a clue about “letting go.” Here’s your fair warning people!...
A Series of Poems for Prayers:#2 To the God of Creation
The Beauty of the Earth God of trees, God of Seas, of wheat fields, rivers, and wind. To you, we give our praise. God of birdsong, God of...
Are your faith ROOTs loosening in these rootless times?
I have walked with Jesus for a long time. I know the dips. I know it isn’t always satisfying and energizing. My perspective on what it...
It's Advent Season...sit quietly and read this one. Reorient yourself...
There is nothing calm about Christmas. Remember back when Christmas BREAK meant a respite from the normal work-a-day busyness? More time...
You may hate the process, but who would you be without it? The Long Road is necessary.
My husband has been in the start-up world for a year now. One day the news is promising and hopeful while the next day we feel the...
4 Essentials: Raising a Well-Developed Child.
Part one: Chores and Family Time That awful insecurity still rises up in me now and then. It's ugly. My mid-forties, how is this...
The Wood Pile Made Me Cry: fight the epidemic of narcissism...
I pulled into a parking lot and noticed a pick-up truck filled with chopped wood. It was 1990, my freshman year of college. My response...
My mom forgot to pick me up, thank the good Lord: fight the epidemic of narcissism...
My mom would periodically forget to pick me up after field hockey practice. Sitting on the curb, the coach would drive around from the...
Advent: Week Four. Keep Looking. Reading—Luke 21:27-28
27 Then everyone will see the Son of Man coming on a cloud with power and great glory. 28So when all these things begin to happen, stand...
A Sleight of Hand: Every Desire You have Should Be Fulfilled.
“In our society, we have come to believe that discomfort always means something is wrong. We are conditioned to believe that feelings of...