Just because it’s already March doesn’t mean I haven’t been contemplating hopes and goals for 2024. Back in January, an idea took shape after participating in two very different but very important events: a funeral and a retirement ceremony. Both … Continued
The following is a children’s story I wrote after listening to a friend talk about her struggle with teaching her young child about bible stories that are violent and depict an angry God. While we both want our children to … Continued
This past summer, I had the great fortune to spend many slow mornings on my back porch. Coffee, the birds, and the poet Mary Oliver ministered me through the hot months. Most of the time it was too hot to … Continued
I have a problem with prayer. The older I get, the more I realize that throughout my life, I have treated prayer like a magic formula. If I could get the order of the words just right or say the … Continued
It’s been more than a minute since I’ve written anything on the blog. I wanted to share how Adam and I found a way to make our 20th anniversary special, despite this stupid pandemic and not being able to take … Continued
The phrase “transfer of power” has been capturing our attention these last few weeks. The idea comes up every four or eight years and then we forget about it. This year, however, we have been bombarded with the concept a … Continued
When my son was working out the creation story in his little mind, trying to apply color to a concept that should never be seen in black and white, he asked me, “If God made the universe, what made God?” … Continued
I’ve been thinking a lot about legacy this past year because my husband’s grandmother passed away on Valentine’s Day at the age of one hundred. Even though I was her granddaughter-in-law for only nineteen of those years, I had the … Continued
Holy Week has snuck up on me. It feels like it was Palm Sunday about two seconds ago but I just looked up and it’s Maundy Thursday. Apparently my crazy-busy schedule didn’t really care that I wanted this to be … Continued
I’m contributing at The Glorious Table this week. I wrote this several months ago so I don’t exactly remember the context of what I was feeling at the time. Possibly a time of frustration or uncertainty. Sometimes I wonder if … Continued