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 emotionally... 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
God and his Word Anchors Us In Unsettling Times I have a love/hate relationship with my phone. I have the latest Samsung model, and I picked it because it was pretty and has this cool little stylus. I’m a simple... Read More
Prepare Your Heart and Make Him Room I rushed into Target to grab some last minute things. I was in that danger zone of time where if I didn’t take any extra turns in the store, got through the checkout line... Read More
A Call to Set Our Gaze Higher this Thanksgiving It’s hard to believe it’s already Thanksgiving. In some ways this year has flown by, and in many other ways, it’s crept along at a snail’s pace. But here we are,... Read More
Fighting for Joy in a Click-Bait World Recently, I had a text convo with a friend that went something like this… Friend: How are you today? Me: I’m ok. Honestly, I’m trying not to freak out about our... Read More
This Simple Practice Has Life-Changing Affects Since my last post, the world has literally gone mad. I’ve struggled to make sense of the suffering, the anger, and the outrage. And in the process, I’ve asked myself... Read More
