“ . . . [W]e often cut out time with the one who created time so that we have more time.” – From Better Together: Connecting With God and Each Other (A Youth for Christ Devotional) A few weeks ago, my family said farewell to summer by visiting the mountains. As we drove north, through […]
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It can happen beneath a starry sky, during a prayer of sincere thanks, upon hearing laughter spill from a tiny child, and almost always while watching the sun rise over the ocean: heaven draws near. I’ve been noticing the “thin places” all my life without having a name for them. While reading one of Shauna […]
Women sit or move to and fro, some old, some young, The young are beautiful – but the old are more beautiful than the young.” – Walt Whitman I remember reading these words by Whitman for the first time a couple of years ago. As a thirty-six-year old mother, being neither very young nor very […]
He is risen! He is risen indeed! Every bud whispers the truth. No wonder I feel so much joy among the trees and flowers! May you feel Christ’s presence in your garden, in your church, in your home, or wherever you may be this Easter weekend. Love, Carol
God is always singing love over us, but our ears must be open to hear. These posts help me pay attention to His never-ceasing blessings! Origami ships sailing across the dining room table A homeless man who asked for only fifty cents, and with bright eyes exclaimed, “God bless you!” The prayer my husband wrote for me, for […]
“ ‘Martha, Martha,’ the Lord answered, ‘you are worried and upset about many things, but only one thing is needed. Mary has chosen what is better, and it will not be taken away from her.’ ” Luke 10: 41-42 Six months ago, my aunt sent me this beautiful collage card she made. Inside she wrote, […]
I Corinthians 13 is the famous “love chapter” of the Bible. Its poetry defines love in exquisite detail. I think Mark 10 deserves a similar designation: the “Jesus Loves Me” chapter. In it, right after we watch Jesus drawing the little children close and blessing them, we get to gaze at a person through Jesus’s […]
“In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth.” Genesis 1:1 My five-year-old has been memorizing this verse this month, so it is written on the chalkboard near the breakfast table. This morning, as the rain gently hit the windowpanes, I read this verse with new eyes. Of course! That is why I have […]
I am sitting peacefully in my in-laws’ living room now, but a week ago, I was all lit up in Christmas stress. I felt guilty about the stress, for I love Christmas. I tease that I was raised by elves. I start listening to Christmas music as soon as the heat of summer lifts. I […]
I often think of Einstein’s words: “There are two ways to live: you can live as if nothing is a miracle; you can live as if everything is a miracle.” Children live with a sense of awe. Sometimes I’m afraid that the pain in this life will chip away at my sense of wonder until […]
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