My heart hurts for friends walking through trials. Through suffering that lies, ‘This will never end.’ I have been there. Many times. So I stand to tell the story, that I am grateful. For in the darkest nights I found my most precious gifts: As my brother suffered through dying, I discovered Jesus is REAL. Read more…
Beautiful Things are Coming
I love this time of year, when everything is poised to burst. New birth is in the air. We feel it in our spirits. See it rising before our eyes. Within us joy flutters, sensing color is on its way back into the world. Hope stirs in seasons that cannot be contained. God’s Glory all around: Read more…
Created to Bless
Remember this… God always brings people together for a purpose. We each carry something the other person needs. So see the other as a gift. We have the ability to sow life. Our words, our touch, our presence – they are water poured out to others. Together, we cross-pollinate. God wants us in community for Read more…
Keeping the Good
I remember when I first drove up the canyon moving to my new home beside the river. Sheer beauty. I thought I’d live there forever, alone, hosting faith gatherings, supplemented by tons of solitude. Just me and God looking out at His stunning creation the rest of the time. But few things go as Read more…