Work
When they hide your briefcase, your keys, and your wallet.....you know something's waning.You know then....that your hours have been long, your play sessions have been short, and your absence?...it's felt.Yeah.…
Silence to Shouting
It seems as though when life is hardest.....words flow fewest.And that's unfortunate.Because as C.S. Lewis once penned: "Whenever you are fed up with life, start writing: ink is the great…
Saturday
There's a pot of Easter Lilies sitting on my entry way bench.They are large, pearl white, and beginning their bloom.One flower in particular is facing me now - and the…
Good Friday
I'm sitting under a big stretching canopy of blue.The skies....they really are broader in these parts - with no hills to confiscate the sky view.With sun shining high and bright…
Thursday
The youngest came in with mud squished between his toes, and feet bottoms covered in a silt-like sludge........not once, but twice today.And so I took him to the sink, hoisted…
Wednesday of Holy Week
We've had a steady flow of strangers streaming through our home here lately.Apparently, when you tell your landlords you are moving - they waste no time filling your spot.And so....sometimes…
Disparity
"Charles Spurgeon once said that when a jeweler shows his best diamonds, he sets them against a black velvet back-drop. The contrast of the jewels against the dark velvet brings…
Holy Week: Monday
Clouds are hovering dark and heavy here in Houston today....threatening to all out pour on this city.And I feel it's rather appropriate.This Monday of Holy Week - with skies ready…
Easter 2014
I come into Holy Week....needing healing, hope, and wholeness. I come into this season - needing faith, courage, and a heart that trusts.I walk into this week, friends - longing…
Currently
I'm sitting here this morning, right on the cusp of dawn....Thinking about what a doozy of a month it's already been.The husband's job transition A home searchConstant rental showings of…