Good morning... As our website crashed this week, I anxiously worried, "That's bad!" Then, just like in one of our kids' favorite books, my initial "That's bad!" surprisingly morphed into "That's good!" Let me tell you the story. In this delightful yellow book, a little boy has a comical series of mishaps as his visit to [...]
Good morning... I recently ran across an old Youtube video of me teaching a living room full of ladies about transformation, metamorphosis, and being strengthened by God from the inside out. (Below you can see for yourself my taped introduction of our book, Scared To Soar? ) I chuckle at myself on video, seeing my banged hair with less [...]
Good morning... Every August since 1995, my husband Steve has started a new school year as a chaplain at The Lovett School (minus our brief, beloved stint in New Wilmington, Pennsylvania from 2001-2003). Hands down, this August has been the most unusual, unsettling beginning of school, ever. Unable to gather all the upper school students in the chapel [...]
Good morning... On a walk and talk one morning this week, I listened to a friend express concern over these troubling times. Then I was surprised to hear myself say, "We just need to gaze at God. We can glance at the world's unrest, but we need to keep our gaze on God." Then, before noon, I talked [...]
Good morning... A few months back, the leaders on the computer screen above asked me to be the 2020 kick-off speaker for the Lovett Moms In Prayer group, a group of mothers who pray weekly for our school and our community, our teachers and our administrators, our world and our children, kindergarten through twelfth grade. Speaking with this [...]
Good morning... Yesterday a friend from church forwarded me a poem forwarded by a friend. As I read the words slowly, calmly, aloud to myself, it took no time for serenity to spread from my eyes through my lips, into my ears to my soul. Now it's your turn to experience the spread of peace. ****** Time for [...]
Good morning... "Wow!" she texted before last night's incredible thunder-and-lightening-fest. "Have you seen this?" "'Wow!' is right," I replied. "How can words written through a person nearly eighty years ago speak so boldly to us right now? This creative expression can only be the eternal voice of our living Lord, who was, and is, and is [...]
Good morning... I am not the only one wrestling with this year's unique experience of heading "back to school." Children and teacher, parents and grandparents, caregivers and concerned folk everywhere are all wondering, "How do we do this school year well?" Earlier in the week, our church sent out a specialized prayer. Wherever we wake this Sunday morning, we come [...]
Good morning... Worries well-up naturally from our aching gut through our heavy heart to permeate our mixed-up mind. At their essence, worries are simply an invitation into prayer. Let me show you what I mean. For example, instead of incessantly worrying "How am I ever going to homeschool my kids online again this fall semester?" we pray, "God, [...]
Good morning... "I am appalled by your blog and photo," the woman commented after yesterday's post. "How can it be true that we all grow up into God over time? That thought is too inclusive." "Too inclusive." The phrase lingered as I woke from sleep. This was a quote not from a real woman, but from a critical [...]
