It’s April again. I sniff the musky air and I know it’s time. Time to remember and allow the memories … More
Category: Word-Minded
Reflections From the Ukraine/Romania Border
It’s been a few days since we returned from the Romania/Ukraine border. So much of this trip took part in … More
Be a Dreaming Soil
Wendell Berry writes, “The soil under the grass is dreaming of a young forest, and under the pavement the soil … More
Mother, Motherhood
Motherhood doesn’t come with a manual or “assembly rules” for putting together great human beings. Instead, motherhood is a continuous … More
Folded in Easter
A chilled breeze blows through the colorful cemetery. The dead are lulled by the shushing of trees and the chirping … More
The Day The Blossoms Fall
Outside my window trees are in bloom. Being under the canopy of blooming trees is like stepping into a magical … More
Confessions of a Snowgirl
I am a snowgirl. From when I was a child, snow got my heart. My world was safer when it … More
Life, Death, and Words
[Moses] said to them, “Take to your heart all the words with which I am warning you today, which you shall … More
Finding Your “Apron” for God
Susanna Wesley was a busy woman living in a small home of the 1700s London. She birthed nineteen children, ten … More
3 Lies the Devil Uses to Keep Us from Studying Our Bible
According to a 2020 Bible research study, the number of Americans who use the Bible daily fell to fewer than … More
Perfect Words in Hard Times
Circumstances are the expression of God’s will Bishop Handley Moule The beautiful dichotomy of preaching while being persecuted frames Jesus’ … More
Don’t. Stop. Running
When I run, the world moves and I move along with it. The heart pounds in my head as if … More
Imagining the Devil
I am reading for the first time the Screwtape Letters by C.S. Lewis. In this satirical novel written in epistolary … More
“Tell Me About When I Was in China, Mommy!”
It’s his birthday again. “Mommy, tell me again about when I was in China,” asks our son. If you know … More
Surprised by Alaska
When my husband announced that he was planning to take me to Alaska, I shrugged my shoulders and reluctantly agreed, … More