Photo by Brad Helmink on Unsplash Hello Friends, For today’s blog post, I am honored to introduce you to my dear friend, Rachel Gerlach. My relationship with Rachel reaches back to when she was in kindergarten, and our families attended the same church. The Lord has crossed our paths as adults and has deeply encouraged … Continue reading Hardships and Hope
You’re Still Here
Photo by Dmitry Schemelev on Unsplash January of another new year comes to a close. I look up from my desk of papers, notebooks, and sticky notes, all the earmarks of resolution making, planning and preparation. Surrounded by penciled-in musings, highlighted hopes and ideas, I let the honest, nitty-gritty truth rise to the surface. This … Continue reading You’re Still Here
What You See: A Christmas Poem
From where I stand, everything is massive, towering and overwhelming - ocean waves heaving and crashing, redwood trees reaching like hands towards clouds that rise tall and pompous I can’t see it all Without turning around and around in dizzying Awe. My smallness grows at the sight of such grandeur And a strange delight wells … Continue reading What You See: A Christmas Poem
Help Us Remember
The soil, caked on my gloved hand, is heavy and wet as I pull out what remains of my flower garden. Roots like thread wrap around the balls of black dirt in my hands. An early snowfall in October and the following rain delayed what I should have done months ago. I close the wooden … Continue reading Help Us Remember
Joy, Prayer and Thanksgiving
Photo by Timothy Eberly on Unsplash Rejoice always, pray continually, give thanks in all circumstances; for this is God's will for you in Christ Jesus. (I Thessalonians 5:16-18) My eyes and my heart tend to skip right past the first three phrases of this passage. The final section, for this is God's will for you … Continue reading Joy, Prayer and Thanksgiving
Weak But Willing
I wish I wasn't the last, he groaned. I wish old Gandalf was here, or somebody. Why am I left all alone to make up my mind? I'm sure to go wrong. And it's not for me to go, taking the Ring, putting myself forward. Literature has such a poignant way of reaching to the … Continue reading Weak But Willing
These Middle Days: A Prayer of Renewal
these days when the air still warms our bare arms and the grass stands tall and green a little longer. these days when scores of leaves gather along the curb and dance down the road. these days when the sun has yet to compete with the winter wind. in these middle days, summer blooms stand … Continue reading These Middle Days: A Prayer of Renewal
Made to Come
I was made to come to You. The lyrics of an old favorite song rang out as my car bounced along the road. The truth of the words resonated with me as I drove home. Come what may, I was made to come to You. That morning, we had gathered for Bible study to look … Continue reading Made to Come
In Awe + At Rest
Photo by Elliott Brennan on Unsplash Slipping out the back door, I move off the rough patio bricks onto the cool grass. The night air is refreshing as I tilt my head up - there you are. The clouds have moved over the lake for the night, exposing a twinkling backdrop. The giddy little girl in me … Continue reading In Awe + At Rest
A Promised Inheritance
Photo by Emma Louise Comerford on Unsplash They've left the church basement and shed their flannel board garments. In my mind, they are now made of flesh and bone, with tales and testimonies that span the spectrum. From stubborn disbelief to obedient trust, they jump off the pages of Scripture and begin to take human … Continue reading A Promised Inheritance
