As a kid each day you’re playing catch up as you attempt to become as old and wise as your parents. You keep running thinking you’ll catch up until one day you pause and look around. You’re a bit older and perhaps an eensie bit wiser, but they’re still just as far away except this … Continue reading One Step at a Time
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Flower Seeds
There’s a bunny in my backyard and flower seeds planted in my soul. I water them daily and sit and watch them grow. Some days it storms and it feels like I’m drownin’ but the seeds are just thirsty from the sweltering sun. One day I see sprouts and I can’t contain my joy. Finally … Continue reading Flower Seeds
The Sobering Fragility of Life
Audio Reading It’s that time of year again when things come to a close and new doors are being forced opened. People are traveling in different directions as they go into new phases of life. When you were five you enjoyed the ignorance of childhood, unbeknownst to you that it was your last summer before … Continue reading The Sobering Fragility of Life
Our Father in Heaven…
I don’t know how to pray Much like the Holy Spirit, prayer is one of those things that gets overlooked in the modern church’s culture. We label some people as “good prayers” and move on with our lives. While it is true that we each have unique and individual spiritual gifts that come from God … Continue reading Our Father in Heaven…
Some Needed R&R
How often do we stop and take time to rest? This week has been one of my most joyous, yet stressful weeks of the semester. I have been running at about 90 mph since August, and it finally happened, my body gave out beneath me, and I was forced to press pause for a day. … Continue reading Some Needed R&R