Summer is about wonder. I grew up knowing summer to be the pungent smell of saltwater air that envelops the east coast oceanfront towns. We spent only one week per year at the beach, but my memory of those weeks overshadows swim lessons and day camps and bike rides to the neighborhood pool. Grains of sand embedded themselves in…
I love summer. Love, love, love. And you want to know why? Okay, I’ll tell you. First of all, I am a sunshine girl. All the way. Some of my other family members might wilt and complain about the heat of summer. Not me. I bask in it. And I love the slow mornings and…
Hey you, Yes, you, still in your sweatpants and un-showered, hours into your day. This love note is for you. Between seven a.m. when they wake, alert and ready to tackle the world and you and any sibling that accidentally touches the edge of that notebook that one-time a long time ago used to be…
“Pray for this one,” I told my friends that I knew would pray. It was a subtle drip of negativity coming from this child whose once-orphan wounds had threatened to be scars. Subtle enough that no one bumping up against the world outside our home would see, subtle enough to avoid what might incur discipline. (But mama’s have an eye…
You’re wondering why I was weeping on the flight back home. I think the elderly gentleman in the seat next to me was wondering the same thing. Crowded close together on that small airplane. Besides, how can you help but notice when the woman next to you has tears streaming down her cheeks, splashing the…
Why do we feel that what’s limiting to us is a bad thing? Maybe it’s a way of remembering we don’t need to be all things all the time. We all have them: life limitations. They look different for me than they do for my best friend or for my neighbor. But all of us…
If you’re struggling to wait or trying to keep yourself busy to distract yourself from the waiting, perhaps there’s a better way. But they who wait for the Lord shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings like eagles; they shall run and not be weary; they shall walk and not faint. (Isaiah…
When waiting feels intense and hard and scary, we have an opportunity to learn to wait in a new way. But they who wait for the Lord shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings like eagles; they shall run and not be weary; they shall walk and not faint. (Isaiah 40:31 ESV)…
What might it be like to ask God what season He would like you in? Perhaps He wants you to move on or stay where you are a little longer. For everything, there is a season and a time for every matter under heaven. (Ecclesiastes 3:1 ESV) It’s October and it’s 80 degrees outside. The once-soft…
When waiting feels intense and hard and scary, we have an opportunity to learn to wait in a new way. But they who wait for the Lord shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings like eagles; they shall run and not be weary; they shall walk and not faint. (Isaiah 40:31 ESV)…
We can be surrounded by people and still feel lonely. What if that is actually holy? This morning I woke up to a flurry of texts I missed in the night, my early bedtime leaving me with before-dawn conversations. I have Instagram on my phone and can see what my distant acquaintances are doing at…
Falling in love with God again can change your life, especially in this chaotic world we’re living in. His steady love can keep you grounded. Rejoice always, pray without ceasing, give thanks in all circumstances; for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you. (1 Thessalonians 5:16-18 ESV) I’m old enough to…
At sixteen it all seemed so obvious. You either had a cross around your neck and a Bible in your locker, or a drink in your hand on the weekends. Back then, it was follow Jesus or party. My best friend and I slid each other Bible verses on scraps of paper in between class,…
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