(Written as today’s guest post for the “Practicing Families” blog in their Lectionary Mondays series…) Scripture: Psalm 25:1-10 To you, O Lord, I lift up my soul. O my God, in you I trust; do not let me be put to shame; do not let my enemies exult over me. Do not let those who…
Loving Spirit, How grateful we are to turn all that we are – mind, heart, and body – to you right now. Some of us feel like our minds having been going in so many directions this week. We are yearning for some centeredness amid the schedule of clamoring reminders and tasks. Some of…
Dear God, Thank you for being my hope in times of waiting. It’s such a hard place to be – the waiting time. It feels so……long. I can’t help but focus every day on the thing for which I’m waiting, or all the obstacles preventing what I’m waiting for from happening, or my own inability to make what I’m waiting…
Creator God, I praise you as the Giver and Renewer of the seasons. The earth’s rhythms remind me of your faithfulness…your love….your promises… The sun rising each morning, the leaves turning and dropping, the stars peeking through mists of morning gray, then greeting me as the day kisses night. Amidst the cycle, I find a rhythm for my soul. I hear the echoes of…
O God, You hold me. You keep me steady in seasons of waiting. You keep me trusting in seasons of struggle. You keep me hoping in seasons of confusion. I thank you, God, for holding me in all these times, and for holding all my questions… So many questions… Please teach me, God, to breathe…
Abba God, How blessed we are to have your love, your peace, your reassurance – you give us the comfort we need to live our hardest days. How blessed we are, God, to have your strength, your courage, your self-control – you give us the determination we need to make tough decisions and follow through….
This book is changing my life. I’ve read other books by Brené Brown (also incredibly life-changing), but when my friend recently gave me this one, it struck my soul’s chord with a resonance that’s been loudly ringing at a whole new level. One story in particular struck this chord. Brené talks about being asked to…
I canceled the blog post I’d prepared for last Friday. I had a weekly prayer ready to publish. Then I saw the picture of Aylan Kurdi. I just broke…. I felt irrelevant, trite, inane, meaningless – in myself and in my prayers. Swallowed by the tidal force of pain ripping across the world and how…
Today marks one year since my Dad died. I’ve written a lot about my dad in this space, and owe the name and formation of the blog to him. I’ve reflected on the impact he made in this world and my life, and how his last vision before dying was the inspiration for our daughter’s name….
Dearest Jesus, You devoted yourself to healing. I praise and thank you for the sight you restored, the souls you freed, the crippled legs you made to run, the flaking skin you smoothed with love. I praise you for the homeless hearts you gave a resting place, the insecure identities you gave purpose, the torn…
One of my best friends gave me a fresh journal this summer. The cover holds the following statement: “IT’S GONNA BE OKAY: A journal to reassure myself when I’m overwhelmed by the creeping sense of impending disaster and the all-encompassing fears both specified and vague that colonize my mind, body, and soul, all of which,…
One of my best friends gave me a fresh journal this summer. The cover holds the following statement: “IT’S GONNA BE OKAY: A journal to reassure myself when I’m overwhelmed by the creeping sense of impending disaster and the all-encompassing fears both specified and vague that colonize my mind, body, and soul, all of which,…
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