Lives Lit Up
Carrying candles back to my bath, two votives resting on a pale yellow plate, freshly lit and newly burning, I cupped my hand just before them so that the wind…
Rest and Perspective
We were all able to take a deep exhale yesterday. Everybody seems to alway be running around sucking in all kinds of heavy air these days, with no time to…
A Thursday Hallelujah
I'm sitting outside and I'm not sweating. Hallelujah. High heat and humidity hung around these parts well into the changing of the season this year, but I'm hopeful today as…
A Word for Wednesday
I've been wondering lately what it would have been like to walk with Him here. Those two men who stumbled into the risen Jesus on their way to Emmaus have…
The Gift of Mess
Having a home that looks staged rather than tenanted is how I'd like to live, if I'm being honest. I seem to operate best when my physical home looks like…
A Fresh Feeling
We're sitting here on the early fringes of Fall. There's a scarecrow, a large potted mum, and an assortment of pumpkins lining our walk and front porch. It's still quite…
A Morning Conviction
I'm not going for guilt here today, friends. But I am going for gut change. When you sit down with your two oldest, open thin pages of printed scripture, and…
Deep Change
What if I really let myself wander into the words that are farthest in? What if here tonight in the quiet dark, I swept passed the surface and cut loose…
Wednesday in the Word
When my fever flew to the heavens, and the shaking wouldn't cease, and the hacking howled high and heavy, I knew in those dark hours of the night that I…
That Son
So it seems as though I'm full blown sick. It's knocked me flat on my backside, made me grateful for healthy seasons, and given me a fine excuse to drink…