My Upside Down Photo

Good morning... Shared in a recent blog post, many of you love this Goodwill photo I decided to hang upside down on our wall. Symbolically, I thought I had emptied out every dream from this photo - dreams for the hungry children we have met on mission trips over the years, dreams for our four kids, our kids' [...]

By |2021-06-10T07:17:19-04:00June 10th, 2021|Abundance, Community, God's Plan|

The Joy Outside Our Fishbowls

Good morning... "This has got to be it," she texted me this Alice Neel painting after reading our post, At First I Hated It. "This title says Flowers of Mourning, but the Whitney Museum lists it as Still Life, Rose of Sharon... a biblical term from Song of Solomon - I am a rose of Sharon, a rose [...]

By |2021-06-04T08:41:31-04:00June 4th, 2021|Community, God's Love, Joy|

Our Answer Is Amplified

Good morning... My ongoing wrestling match with God erupted in our blog post for yesterday, Should I Stop Blogging? Digging deep down at the the crossroads of my personal calling I pondered two hard questions. "Do I still feel deep gladness as I wake each morning to write a fresh message with God?" "Does our written word ministry [...]

By |2021-05-25T09:42:19-04:00May 25th, 2021|Community, Everyday life, God's Plan|

One Dreamy Photo

Good morning... As I wake on our thirty-fourth wedding anniversary, I am drawn to a quirky picture hanging on our wall. Several months back I found this framed photo on a shelf at Goodwill. I brought her home, hung her upside down, and dumped out all of the dreams this image evokes. These playful children make me think [...]

By |2021-05-23T05:29:13-04:00May 23rd, 2021|Community, Family and Friends, God's Love|

Lean On Me

Good morning... There are a variety of ways to impact the world. Music is one of them. Last weekend I was introduced to a music video created by Playing For Change. Researching a bit, I discovered this quote: "Playing For Change is a movement created to inspire and connect the world through music, born from the shared belief [...]

By |2021-05-22T09:52:03-04:00May 22nd, 2021|Community, Joy, Spiritual Gifts|

Book Studies This Summer

Good morning... As our immediate family celebrated the college graduation of our third child last night, it is a perfect morning to feed our ongoing needs as lifelong learners. Privately reading books and collaboratively discussing them is a great way to continue our spiritual education as followers of Christ. For the past few weeks, the following announcement has [...]

By |2021-05-13T07:57:47-04:00May 14th, 2021|Community, God's Love, Spiritual Growth|

Treasure Each Tuesday

Good morning... Last Tuesday, I excitedly gathered the treasures pictured above. I collected these items in my little corner of our community, I packed them in my car and I drove to PAWkids, a non-profit ministry in the Grove Park neighborhood of downtown Atlanta. (PAWkids partners with Julie's Dream, a non-profit begun in honor of our dear friend [...]

By |2021-07-10T08:36:22-04:00May 11th, 2021|Community, God's Plan, Transformation|

See Through Things

Good morning... Too much to say. There's just too much to say. How do I center myself down, Lord, to sense your concise, caring message for this unique day? I could write all about our incredibly meaningful morning at PAWkids yesterday. I could write about yesterday's moving retirement celebration for a loving pastor I have partnered with at [...]

By |2021-05-05T08:28:09-04:00May 5th, 2021|Community, God's Love, Heaven On Earth|

Created To Do Good Work

Good morning... I was inspired by the nine minute talk shared in our blog post yesterday, Doing Hard And Holy Work. Encouraged by twenty-five year old Atlantan, Danielle Coke, I treasure-hunted for the poem she shared at the end of her vulnerable presentation. This young artist and activist offers a creative, colorful invitation into our humble, daily walk [...]

By |2021-04-28T09:31:19-04:00April 28th, 2021|Community, Everyday life, God's Plan|

Doing Hard And Holy Work

Good morning... "Today Danielle Coke posted a link on her Instagram account to a speech she gave at this weekend's Q Ideas Culture Summit in Nashville," she texted me yesterday. "9 minutes. So good." I trust this wise friend deeply, as together we seek to hold each other accountable to doing God's hard and holy work with our [...]

By |2021-04-27T07:07:58-04:00April 27th, 2021|Community, Everyday life, Light In Darkness|
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