The world is scary right now, but we can choose to hope anyway.
Tag: jesus
I show up (except when I don’t)
I show up because I can’t not. But I’m learning a new way.
Strong as a mother
How strong the gentle hands that shaped the world and lift me up.
Where it’s summer all year ’round
There’s an invincible summer that lives within you–and it has a name.
Come let us adore him: an Easter carol
Celebrate Jesus’ death with as much joy as his birth!
All things means all things
Philippians 4:13 isn’t just for football players and actors. It’s also for the impossible everyday.
The ultimate enabler
Jesus enables us, his nearest and dearest, by giving us the freedom to say a holy YES to abundant life in God.
He notices you
In all the crowd, noise, jostling, and distraction, Jesus noticed the woman who barely touched him. He notices you, too.
Fairytale beginning
Once upon a time, there was a little girl who was pretty and clever and heartless….
If you’re still here, he’s not done
Hey, all you Type As, Enneagram 1s and 3s, control freaks, and perfectionists (like me). I’m about to say some swear words. There is no “done” in this life. No matter what you accomplish with your hands or in your heart, the best you can do this side of Heaven is progress. Y’all okay? I …
The greatest storyteller ever
If you read my daughter a story, she’s going to sit on you. It’s just a fact. In preschool circle time, she’d crawl into the teacher’s lap in defiance of all propriety. At home, she insists on cramming into the recliner alongside me, wedging into my armpit as I read, and I frequently find her …
Happy (re)birthday to me
Ancient Jewish culture had this marvelous practice of “shmita” (שמיטה), which literally means to “release” or “let go.” Everything they did fell under this seven-year cycle. Going into it, agricultural land lay fallow, and at the end, debts were forgiven and slaves were freed. It was a year-long sabbatical for life, mirroring God’s rest on …