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I am slowly learning that you can’t conquer a tantrum. When my kids’ emotions get too big for them, I can only enter the whirlwind and offer them a hand: an anchor and a way out.
Read moreRefuge
Sometimes we need the refuge of a strong fortress. But sometimes we need a refuge of a place to rest and refuel, a safe place to nest and bring forth new life.
Read moreRight Directions
When we allow our religious practices or political affiliations or ideological connections to give us absolute certainty, there is no room for correction when necessary.
Read moreToss Off Those Blankets!
Troubles both public and private are enough to send a person diving back under their blankets. But this very morning, the Day of the Lord is one day closer than ever before.
Read moreNo Tears Left
It’s not all up to me. Or to you, either. When the well is dry, someone else has a drop left to give. That drop is God incarnate, Word made flesh, help in the very time of trial.
Read moreThe Hills Are Alive
The wildness of the way still has beauty and bounty, even when the path is overgrown. The paths through the hills are still dressed in God’s joy, no matter the brambles.
Read moreHow Lovely
Your home, O God, is in the mess and the mistakes as well as the grace and the gratitude. Your home is in all that makes me who I am.
Read moreThe Facebook Creep
Anger is a valid emotion, yet stewing in anger can eat away at our wholeness. Stewing in anger through Facebook creeping can hurt our journeys toward healing.
Read moreTriumph of the Meek
The work of reform needs quiet fighters as well as front line mavericks. Meekness is not weakness in the perseverance toward change.
Read moreI Remember Your Name in the Night
I remember a lot of things at night: the emails not answered, the deadlines missed, the cookies I shouldn’t have eaten. I am practicing remembering God’s name above all.
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