a sacred task
“Heart” is the Spiritual Journey prompt for this first Thursday in February. Thanks to Linda Mitchell for hosting. I’m constantly asking myself these questions: Is this story mine to… Read more a sacred task →
right now
Right now I am reminded of the importance of collecting the ordinary stories of my life. Big meaning is always found in tiny moments. Right now I’m nearing the end… Read more right now →
CELEBRATE This Week: LXV
I’m glad you are here to celebrate! Share a link to your blog post below and/or use #celebratelu to share celebrations on Twitter. Check out the details here. Celebrate This Week goes live on Friday night around 10(ish). Consider it as a weekend celebration. Whenever it fits in your life, add your link. Please leave a little comment love for the person who links before you. ******** There’s this story that’s clinging to my heart. These men are fishing — all night long they are fishing. It’s been a rough… Read more CELEBRATE This Week: LXV →
Impossible Friendship
This year I have been given the gift of friendship. I was caught in a trap of believing I wasn’t a good friend, that I didn’t really have friends, that… Read more Impossible Friendship →
Straight from My Notebook
Sometimes life feels like it is too much. We feel BLAH. Overwhelmed. Tired. Tattered. And it is. It is too much. I can’t fix all of the things that go… Read more Straight from My Notebook →
A Habit of the Soul
I haven’t ran for two weeks. A chest cold has grabbed a hold of me and even though I laced up my shoes and thought I could, a coughing spell… Read more A Habit of the Soul →
A Test of Obedience
Rembrandt [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons I have a hard time reading Genesis 22. The part Rembrandt depicts here, I can handle that part of the story. It’s the comforting part, the relief part, the it’s-all-okay part. It’s the whole story before the happy ending that’s hard for me. Genesis 22 is the story of God testing Abraham’s obedience. God says, “Take your son, your only son Isaac, whom you love, and go to the land of Moriah, and offer him there as a burnt offering on one of the… Read more A Test of Obedience →
I am a Story Collector
I collect stories. The Bible is filled with really awful, horrible chapters of stories. Hard journeys of deceit and jealousy, murder and rape, exclusions and cover-ups. If you take one… Read more I am a Story Collector →
A Birthday Miracle with Donuts
“You’re not going to believe this,” Stephanie said at dinner tonight, then continued her story. “After I finished passing out donuts to all of the kids in my homeroom and… Read more A Birthday Miracle with Donuts →