How to Experience Unwavering Hope Even When Your Child is Suffering This is the first in a series of posts called Holy Leisure in Hard Places. Trials and suffering can isolate us from others, and from God. The truth is, the Lord... Read More
One Word Changed Her Life I’m amazed at the economy of words used in the Bible to describe the most miraculous events. "Let there be light." "Peace, be still." "Lazarus, come... Read More
How to Move Forward In Faith, Despite Your Doubts The 115° Phoenix heat wasn’t the only thing making us sweat the day we pulled into our driveway for the first time. Our trucks weren’t even unloaded yet, when the weight... Read More
How to Love Others - By Being Interruptible I love getting things done...maybe a bit too much. There's such satisfaction in checking off my tasks one by one. The one thing that disrupts my perfectly-planned... Read More
How to Find Peace in the Midst of Your Storm “Who then is this, that even the wind and the sea obey him?” Mark 4:31 On March 18, 1990, two thieves disguised as police officers, broke into the Isabella Stewart... Read More
Pray Hardest When It's Hardest to Pray And rising very early in the morning, while it was still dark, he departed and went out to a desolate place, and there he prayed. Mark 1:35 Jesus had spent an... Read More
Happy Birthday to Me & 45 Lessons Learned Today marks another beginning of another year for me. Now smack dab in my mid-forties, I'm seeing (and feeling) more the affects of time. But I'm also seeing some fruit of... Read More
Holy Leisure is for Everyday People This afternoon, I took a carload of very talkative teenage girls to volleyball practice. I was amazed at how little effort it took them to talk about anything and... Read More
What Living a Balanced Life Really Means This blog is about finding holy leisure in the busyness of life. I came across this quote one day and it stopped me in my tracks. “The church Fathers often spoke of... Read More
