Being a Christian means making sure our manner reflects the God we claim to represent. Words lose credibility when our lives contradict them. A Christian’s light should look like compassion, truthfulness, humility, courage, mercy, and care for people who are vulnerable. When I try to control what everyone is allowed to believe I wonder whether…
Wonder It keeps us curious. It’s a reminder that the universe holds an infinite number of surprises. When we are born everything is new and full of wonder. A face, a sound, a patch of sunlight on the wall. Everything starts with a question and as we grow and collect answers our wonder becomes quieter.…
The world has a way of teaching us to hide what we feel. Don’t cry. Don’t get angry. Don’t make people uncomfortable. Smile if you can. Keep your voice steady. Be easy to be around. So we learn to tuck our feelings away. We pretend we’re fine when we’re not. We swallow the words that…
The holidays are wonderful. But they can also feel like one long list of obligations. Places to go. People to see. Food to make. Gifts to buy. Things to remember, forget, and remember too late. Somewhere in the middle of all of it we can forget to stop and enjoy the people and moments right…
My life is a process Of inhaling and exhaling Of grieving the passing of Rejoicing in the newness of Feeling the wisdom of pain Wearing the comfort of love Hiding from myself While searching high and low Before finding myself Just to lose myself Over and over and over again Being fearful of what’s to…
Life is unpredictable. That’s one certainty I’m comfortable declaring. I’m 55 and it’s taken me this long to understand something I didn’t fully grasp at 18. There is only so much we can control. If you have the right kind of brain you can predict with some sort of accuracy what might happen next week…
There is a phrase I say to myself quite often and it is that we were never promised easy. I say that when I’m struggling. When I am feeling sorrow. When things are completely off the rails uncertain. I’m not sure where it came from but it has to be from my Christian faith. Jesus…
Sometimes it feels like the ground, the sky, even your own soul are falling away and you’re left face to face with all the pain you spent years trying not to feel. You tell yourself if you pretend hard enough that it didn’t happen. That you will be fine. Spoiler Alert: You won’t be. So…
Every opinion is a feast For a ready made Come and go audience Applause available No matter the wisdom And we’ve given our kids Hungry pockets They carry the world inside Connection… Feels less connected They confuse being seen For being known Being followed For being loved Being heard For being understood Being kind Kills…
There is a beautiful language That doesn’t need words It is written with heartbeats In our calm breaths In the laughter that echoes In the bone deep warmth Of a love that stays In a world that keeps turning Where clocks tick off the seconds Where people come and go But in the space between…
