Sometimes, before I am even aware of it, an entire day has passed. Sometimes, before I am even aware of it, my baby has turned into a toddler. Sometimes, before I am even aware of it, it's been an entire week before I give Jesus any significant thought. Does that ever happen to you? ... Read More
when god starts to move
Sometimes, amidst the typical movements of my days, I feel this stirring in my soul: Oh, that my life would matter. Oh, that I would engage in this world and help to exchange fear and shame for love and grace. But how, exactly, do I step into this movement of God? How do I know what He ... Read More
when god wrote us a new story {part 2}
::: yesterday i wrote on telling your story. this is our story. this is what it looked like for us. Sometimes when God moves, He is obvious, and just maybe this will help you to pay attention and notice his footprints over your world ::: Right now we have been married for 9 years. We live in ... Read More
on paying attention to the story of our life
You know when you keep hearing the same thing over and over... and over? And it's from unrelated events and distant people and certain places that aren't connected? And you just have this sense that by the third or fourth time of hearing it that you might need to start paying attention? I think ... Read More
and so i held my baby
She fell asleep in my arms today. My littlest, my baby. Her head resting in the crook of my elbow, her 15-month-old legs dangling across my thighs. Her pink blankie tucked all around her face, just the way she likes. She fell asleep in my arms, just so. She never really was a baby to do that. ... Read More
the best gift i ever gave to my husband
There was a time when my vision was off. In the season of busy, the season of difficult, the constant work, the lack of quality time, I began to notice what was not happening rather than what was. I saw the dishes in the sink, placed there after a meal still not cleaned up. I heard the ... Read More