I walk the plank into the front wagon and weave my way through knee-high drifts while I try not to step on other feet or legs. D and I find our spot and lean back against the straw-padded side. We pile more straw over our legs and then lay a blanket over that. The green […]
Ebola and the Gift of No-Touch
God created us to connect. To comfort with contact. He even designed our skin with 2000 to 3000 touch receptors in each of our fingertips that trigger a cascade of chemicals when they’re stimulated. Touch decreases stress and anxiety, increases trust, builds disease resistance, and helps us connect to those we care for. Infants deprived touch fail to […]
New Skin
Note: In just five weeks, I’ll find myself next to the Frio River in the hill country of Texas when I attend The High Calling retreat at Laity Lodge. And oh how I need it as I’ve been going through a rather hard and hectic season. I need to be in this place with […]
Into His Presence
Note: In just five weeks, I’ll find myself next to the Frio River in the hill country of Texas when I attend The High Calling retreat at Laity Lodge. And oh how I need it as I’ve been going through a rather hard and hectic season. I need to be in this place with my […]
Damaged Dreams and Broken Expectations
I’ve been sitting in a new pew the past few weeks. Not that there was anything wrong with the old one, the one where my husband had grown up and where we expected we might end up. Literally. But I’d started to feel restless and a little cramped. I wasn’t connecting relationally with […]
Are You Growing Up or Becoming Old?
Whoever decided small critters were good for older people? When I bent down to pick up the littlest dog during the morning rush, something in my left lower back went awry. After I’d deposited the oldest grand-girl at the school curb and returned home, I cranked the shower up hotter than hot and let the […]
Word of the Week: Feelings
feeling – noun \ˈfē-liŋ\ : an awareness by your body of something in it or on it : an emotional state or reaction : susceptibility to impression I haven’t been feeling very Christian. It’s not even my battle, but I’ve been caught in the crossfire. Now that it’s finally over, I want to write […]
Word of the Week: Hope
hope – verb \ˈhōp\ : to desire with expectation of obtainment : to expect with confidence hope – noun\ˈhōp\ : desire accompanied by expectation of or belief in fulfillment : expectation of fulfillment or success : someone or something on which hopes are centered ____________ There was thunder and lightning, and Grace called from her […]
Playdate: When We Remain
“Do you want to eat there? They have a cafe.” He stops, backs up, and turns into the long drive to Sandhill Crane Vineyards. I’ve never eaten at a vineyard before. I don’t remember visiting a vineyard. We did drive north across the Golden Gate into wine country on our honeymoon, but I don’t remember […]
Still Saturday: Because They’re #GoingThere
May the Prince of Peace “banish from human hearts whatever might endanger peace. May He transform them into witnesses of truth, justice, and brotherly love. . . . May He enkindle the wills of all so that they may overcome the barriers that divide, cherish the bonds of mutual charity, understand others, and pardon those […]
