It’s Sunday morning. My kids are away this weekend, so the only noise that woke me today was my dog, Alaska. She scratched on my door asking to be let out. I worked my way downstairs, and made a cup of coffee, only to go back to bed with my journal. I’m pondering and praying….
Almost everyone who knows me, knows I grew up in a home with a mom who prayed. Every morning, my mom gets up and unfolds her Bible, opens her journal, and spends time talking to God. It’s all I’ve known. In all my travels and living in other places, whenever I stay with my mom, I…
When I met Leona Bergstrom several years ago, I thought she was one of the kindest women I’d ever encountered in my life. She’s bright, fun, thoughtful, and overwhelmingly accepting. She gives people room to be exactly who they are. Leona and her husband, Richard just published their first book together, Third Calling. Please look…
I’ve been overwhelmed by the state of my Facebook feed. The presidential election has me in knots. Now, the racial crisis has come onto the scene in full color and I can’t stay silent. I believe in the equality of all people. Absolutely. But, I’ve been surprised on Facebook and Instagram to read that #AllLivesMatter as if…
Anyone who knows me understands that I have a deep and abiding love of gardening. It is what heals my soul, provides stress relief and gives me a sense of pride. I am so obsessed that I sometimes have to remind myself that my family won’t, in fact, starve in the event that the slugs…
It can be so difficult to find the right posture, the right attitude when we pray. My dear friend Ellen shares her own practice of opening her hands … It’s such an insightful article … What no one tells you about being blessed with an hourglass body shape, is that a small waist & larger…
The other day I read an article announcing Donald Trump’s recent conversion to Christianity. It left me exhausted beyond belief. James Dobson, the head of Focus on the Family, believes Donald Trump is now a baby Christian. I haven’t been so taken aback in a long time. For hours I wandered around trying to figure out…
It’s easy to get stuck praying the way we’ve always prayed. We are, after all, creatures of habit. What happens when the tried and true way you’ve always prayed seems to hit the ceiling and goes nowhere? My friend, April Yamasaki, shares her experience with silent prayer. As part of the children’s time one Sunday…
Years ago, when my kids were tiny, I thought staying up all night to feed them was a real sacrifice. I’m pretty sure, I’d go back in time this second to stay up for the simple joy of one night feeding. It was quiet. They couldn’t talk. No sassing, no negotiating … Just eating. When…
I work as an ELL tutor at a local elementary school, where sometimes I also get called in as a substitute teacher. The other day I ended up subbing for the special ed class, where I had about five students in my care. We were at the round table together working on math facts, when I…
