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I am dust.  Conceived, formed and animated by the love of Yahweh for his glory and joy.  Yet, I am dust. Dust with agency. I have the choice of whether to walk in the dust-like things of this earth or to rise above to the ethereal and eternal things of my Father.  I often choose […]

Someone asked me a question today. Where is Jesus when you pray? Is he next to me?  Across the room looking and listening? Nowhere to be found? On a throne next to his Father? Hanging on a cross? Within my heart? Do I even believe he really exists and hears? I realized that He’s usually […]

I’ve been married 30 years to an amazing man and, truthfully, it’s hard to believe. Our family was lucky enough to celebrate together by going on a short vacation for the first time since we’ve gained two sweet granddaughters.  Sand, waves, sun, babies, kids, endless food and hammocks were the stuff of memories. At least […]

We build walls so easily. So naturally. Without realizing it, our hands pick up stones and mindlessly lay them one upon another.   One for grief. Another for betrayal.  Another for shame, abandonment, loss, disappointment,,,  Year after year these walls reach higher and higher though we instinctively know what we truly need and what we […]

I was at Starbucks for 2 hours today trying to make progress on this book we’re writing. That didn’t happen. Instead, I spent an hour talking to a young man about college, how tired he was, trying to encourage him and another hour trying to get my computer to work. Because I’d lost all focus, […]

I’ve found so many beautiful new songs lately that I haven’t turned my Spotify off for days.  It’s playing all the time and I often fall asleep with earphones in and the timer set.  Randomly shuffling through my worship playlist excites me because, more often than not, God will choose a song to convict me, […]

“For whoever keeps the whole law and yet stumbles at just one point is guilty of breaking all of it.” James 2:10 To pray that you would show me the ugliness of my sin is to ask for a mountain to fall upon my soul and to crush it. Not to ask is to remain […]

 I talked to a friend today.  She’s more than a friend.  She’s family. She talked about her life and her pain and her regret and her fear and her hope. She’s broken. And I love her. But she has secrets.  So many, in fact, that even though she’s an open book and will tell her […]