When I was a little girl, trembling under my blankets at some unformed specter I just knew was hovering in the darkness, one thing brought me comfort. If my parents were still awake—if I could hear the soft murmur of …
Worry
Beatitudes* for O R D I N A R Y {and really crazy-hard} Days
When God Hides
I confess, even after following Jesus for most of my life, there are many things I still don’t ’get’ about God. And that’s not always a bad thing. Mystery, even in those moments when I’d rather have a printable version …
Dark Safety
I can still picture it clearly, though I was probably about five-years-old at the time. Standing on the back porch between my parents, I clutched the flowered apron my mother wore over her Donna-Reid-era housedress. …
God is Not Tired of You
I get it. Living in a world like ours drains you. It's not just the break-neck speed we move at these days or the to-do lists that seem to be on auto-reload just when, finally, there are only four or five more things to …