The holidays stir up all the feelings. Hope. Joy. Nostalgia. Perhaps nausea? The truth is for many December is the hardest month of the year for many individuals and families. At this time our hearts especially hurt for the loved ones who are missing around the table. The stress of the season can cause us […]
God Called Me By Name :: A bit of my sto...
Have I written about weariness? Probably here and there. But I am honestly not sure if I have taken the opportunity to write about the part of weariness which is closest to my heart. It’s in my name. This post is part of Five Minute Friday. Every Friday, writers from around the world take five […]
Day 11 :: Ezra & Nehemiah {Restoration}
I struggle to take days off. My problem is that I feel that if I’m not being productive then the day is not worth it. Without having something to show for myself, I feel that I am somehow failing or that life is meaningless. This makes for a very weary woman. But work and striving […]
Day 2 :: Exodus {The Rescuer}
When we turn the page from Genesis to Exodus, it is a desperate scene. 400 years after Joseph ruled, the people of God are held in Egypt as slaves by a cruel Pharaoh who fears their numbers. In order to contain the Israelites’ population, their baby boys are being stolen from them to be drowned […]
Day 1 :: Genesis {A God of Promises}
The first words of the Bible burst forward with the hope and joy of what this world is meant to be. Light. Life. Perfection. After speaking the earth, the sun, the soil, the fish, animals, and finally human beings into existence, God looked around at it all and with a contented sigh stated: It is […]
Fruity Tuesdays: Week 1
Recently, at Scum of the Earth Church, where I work, the theme of the Fruit of the Spirit has surfaced over and over again. So much so that one day while I was musing over them I thought to myself, we should have a small group: Fruity Tuesdays. We would meet on Tuesdays, eat fruit […]
Mommy, I have a problem.
“Mommy, I have a problem.” “A problem?” I straightened up as I pulled one more weed from our overgrown backyard. Jack and I were outside, I was weeding, he was running back and forth along our sidewalk. “Problem” was a new word for Jack. “What’s your problem, Sweetie?” “It’s about Jesus.” “Jesus?” “Yeah. He died […]
A Moment
Last night, I sat in silence in front of my lit Christmas tree wondering if there was some way to know the reality of Christmas. To know the impact Christ’s life has on us all because of his birth. I read a bit of the book of Acts, stared into space, then turned on my […]
He Started It!
Yesterday was the first day of Advent, the time in the church calender when we focus on and celebrate Christ’s coming. As a kid, I remember our family getting all dolled up on an advent morning in order to stand in front of the church, for my dad to read something “adventy”, and to light […]
I Declare Life
And I hope as I raise my son, that he would know that he is important because he carries God’s Image. God loved him so much he decided to place part of himself in him. That will never change. No matter how distorted it becomes and how difficult it is to see, it is always there. And because of that he is always awesome. Worthy to live, to love, to be loved.