This morning I tried to have 20-30 minutes of time with the Lord for 2 hours. After 2 hours and 20 minutes, I hadn’t yet made it through one chapter in my Bible and hadn’t prayed a word. The interruptions were CONSTSANT. Friends, today is a hard day. I am just so done. I am done with stupid COVID. I…
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How To Make Your Garden A Sanctuary: Part 1
List and source links at the end of this post. On Saturday my Mom came over and we worked in the garden all day. We pulled weeds, moved existing plants, planted new ones, put up a trellis, installed garden lights. It was a long day, but the end result was a beautiful, restful outdoor space that we love spending time…
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White Fragility and the Art of Apology: Why It’s Critical To Understand Both
Like all of you, I have spent the last few weeks thinking, processing and grieving over the events of racial injustice we’ve been hearing about in the news. I have had so many thoughts and feelings about the events of the last two weeks that have pierced my heart. I have had many conversations with people, with myself and with…
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Zacchaeus: The Gift of Smallness
He just couldn’t quite see. Even on tip toe. Those blasted average-height men with watermelon heads kept crowding in front of him. Frustrated, he cursed his small stature for the bazillionth time in his life, and glanced around. Aha! Pushing his way through the dusty swamp of sweaty shoulders, he scaled a tree and clung to the branches, squinting down…
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What We Owe Martha, and How To Sit At Jesus’ Feet With Kids In Your Hair
Can I tell you a secret? The account of Jesus visiting the home of Mary and Martha in Luke chapter 10 has always bothered me. Ok fine, not just “bothered” me… flat out irritated me. There. I said it. It grates. It feels like Jesus is being unfair to Martha. Isn’t he, the creator of the universe, the one who…
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