O Lord my God. Teach my heart this day where and how to find you. You have made me and...
Category: thankful
all to reveal a secret we can’t hide
during communal prayer at church, anyone can say anything. i've heard mothers weep for children and homeless men go...
the friends you want to avoid
the problem with surrounding yourself with truth tellers is they tell you the truth. i've been giving paper a sideways...
all that i own does not compare
i forget that the most compelling thing about me is jesus. i forget. in the forgetting i lose myself and...
through the airwaves
the countdown to summer has begun. somehow. i'm confused how we go from buried, too cold to step outside, to...
a word is worth a thousand pictures
i heard good things today. richard foster praised silence for writers. bret lott shared that we will never master writing...
dear vanessa
the difficult parts of life don't come with instruction booklets. it's just us, hammering out the days we're given with...
tune my heart
it was a gas station. we'd driven hours with three kids close and now one of them had to use...
where there’s a peaceful sound, lonely souls hang around
when the dust settles near the table legs again, the ordinary life can change into a meaningless one. in a...
milkweed thanksgiving
it's late. we're under blankets in our cold bedroom. joshua's reading and i'm remembering the milkweed plant i saw in...