Good morning... Just like our four young adult kids, our two dogs are so so different. Being sequestered with Tate and Gracie for an undisturbed week of writing at the beach, I can't help but notice how differently our dogs respond to the grey cold of winter. Tate, our furry-coated golden retriever mix, spends hours and hours outside [...]
Good morning... Watching the footage of yesterday's siege on the U.S. Capitol building, our youngest son asked, "If I have kids, do you think images from this day will be in their history books?" We agreed that we were watching history in the making. Reconvening after the violence, leaders in the House and the Senate were each given [...]
Good morning... One thing I love most about being the Women's Ministry Director at Northside Church in Atlanta, Georgia is creatively learning about God with a variety of women. Semester-by-semester, collaborative learning feeds our souls and transforms us gradually into the likeness of the living Christ. Now is the time to sign up for our 2021 Winter/Spring classes. [...]
Good morning... "Merry Christmas," she wrote after yesterday's post, A Nifty Poem. "I love this poem. Our special retreat in Blue Ridge is like an outdoor church for me with a beautiful open field and surrounding woods. I love to take long quiet walks. I can listen to the Bobolink and his bird friends sing their songs and [...]
Good morning... “If you were a pancake,” the interviewer asked my daughter over the phone, “where would you be on the stack? Top. Middle. Bottom. Why?” This quirky question sparked a creative conversation around our family's dinner table before it seeped out to saturate our online community. Look at the answers piling up from yesterday's blog post One [...]
Good morning... "If you were a pancake," the interviewer asked over the phone, "where would you be on the stack? Top? Middle? Bottom? Why?" Seriously. Our daughter, interviewing for a public relations position, was asked this quirky question. With your brain scrambling to speak your own truth, "What would be your answer?" Once you have your [...]
Good morning... "It’s Advent, which usually means a season of hope," my husband wrote yesterday in his chaplain message for Lovett School subscribers. "Unfortunately, this has been a tough year for hope. It’s been difficult to feel the certainty of a better future when 2020 seems to be stuck in a pattern of bad news followed by more [...]
Good morning... I woke on Thanksgiving morn with this inspiring meditation blessing my inbox. Community Makes God Visible by Henri Nouwen, November 27th, 2020 Nothing is sweet or easy about community. Community is a fellowship of people who do not hide their joys and sorrows but make them visible to each other as a gesture of hope. In [...]
Good morning... Hemmed in and held close by the God who adores us, may we grow grateful for each tiny, trusted blessing snuggling into us today. As this music video below begins, think with me, "If I pulled up a chair and sat down beside this small, seasoned woman, what words might I write down as I celebrate [...]
Good morning... Walking our dog Tate, I came upon a young mom and two adorable daughters, quite likely around ages four and six. "It's our neighbors' table!" the youngest blurted out, excited about the newly placed wooden table with two long benches sitting beneath the trees at the end of their driveway. Talking back and forth a while, [...]
