On Needing to Give Thanks

On Needing to Give Thanks

Gratitude is something I’ve needed lately. The reason I pause and tell you I need it, is because I’m realizing we all do. Gratitude changes us. It grounds us and adds a spaciousness to reality. It cannot change our circumstance, but it can...
Speak

Speak

It’s been awhile since I’ve written, but this blog, this desire to speak, to use the voice that only I have, a voice given by God, a voice uniquely mine to speak, to help, to heal, to love has been bubbling amidst this life-filled month. This post, and...
Life Craves Vision

Life Craves Vision

This past month was a blur. It sped through filled with wonderful things. My calendar was more like a puzzle that needed pieced together just so for it to end as a work of art, otherwise it would’ve been a jumbled bunch of chaotic stress. Thankfully I...
Regard Your Life with Kindness

Regard Your Life with Kindness

As I was reading and rereading Psalm 22 this verse really stood out to me: For he has not ignored or belittled the suffering of the needy. He has not turned his back on them, but has listened to their cries for help. Psalm 22:24 Here I see a glimpse of who God is, of...
Loved, Tried, Ready

Loved, Tried, Ready

I was reading and re-reading the beginning of Mark lately. Sometimes passages like this, passages that tell of moments and concepts I’m so familiar with are really easy to breeze past. But this week when I read this very small section in...