Several years ago when my boys were little, I volunteered at a chili supper at the elementary school where my middle, and most impetuous son, Kristopher, was attending at the time. It was time to clean up and I was doing my part, but didn’t really know my way aroundRead the Rest…
Last month I wrote a devotion called "Downsizing to Divine Food," an excerpt from an unfinished book of mine called Downsizing to the Divine. A sweet reader contacted me and shared her struggle and weariness from years of too much "church" and not enough Jesus. I think we all have the potentialRead the Rest…
The Lord is good to those who wait for him, to the soul who seeks him. Lamentations 3:25 ESV Over the last eight years I have spent a good portion of time in a waiting room. In 2005 my oldest son had a traumatic illness occur and thus started theRead the Rest…
To love beauty is to see light. -Victor Hugo Some may say there’s no beauty to be seen in the dark . . . perhaps believe that darkness is the absence of light . . . or preach that only dark things happen in the dark. But notRead the Rest…
While my oldest daughter lived with my sister through the summer while in college, there was one near casualty. Alfred, the (stuffed) bear, was “loved” by Max the (real) dog. To be honest, Alfred was already well-loved, but by the time Max added his dose of affection, Alfred’s arm wasRead the Rest…
