Opening the door to hope
This summer I decided to take an online Introduction to Book Writing course. It took me months to turn the decision over in my head –...
June 15, 2019
Look for the helpers
This past Sunday, I was sitting inside looking out our porch windows at my boys chasing each other with water guns and splashing in a shallow...
June 11, 2019
A celebration of difference – Pentecost Sunday
“I don’t want to be different.” How often have we felt these words? Uttered these words? Or been struck by these words coming from the mouth...
June 7, 2019
Growing in Joy!
Last Saturday, my boys and I went to a baseball game for my oldest son. It was hot, humid, and admittedly, mommy was already starting off...
June 4, 2019
The Ascension – a video reflection
I have been reflecting in writing weekly on the Sunday Scriptures since the first Sunday of Lent this year. I have found it to be a...
May 31, 2019
Anxiety, Traffic, and the Lord
I can not stand to be late. I don’t know why or if I have always been this way, but being late drives me crazy. It...
May 24, 2019
Words and grief
Over 15 years ago, I was barely 22 years old and it was my first year teaching. Over the summer, I had gotten word that two...
May 20, 2019
With the expressive love of a child.
Each night as I kiss my twins goodnight, they pick that exact time to tell me everything they can remember about their day. “Mama, I need...
May 17, 2019
The road to encounter
I love restaurants that have little playgrounds in the back – somewhere for my kids to let out their energy! We were at one such restaurant...
May 14, 2019
The shepherd and his sheep
One of my twins loves, absolutely loves “baby” stuffed animals. Every day, it seems, he locates yet another one from the depths of his room and...
May 11, 2019