Good morning... In these early hours, I pull out my journal and re-read the notes I took as we watched from home the funeral of Dr. Leon Haley, Jr. held yesterday in his hometown of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Dying tragically in a jet skiing accident at 56 years old, Leon is mourned by family, friends, colleagues and three amazing [...]
Good morning... She sat on our couch and said something like this: "I don't know how to hear God. I don't know my life purpose. I'm so anxious about making a plan and making a mistake that I have narrowed down my world to things, people, and activities that feel safe. My world has become very small and [...]
Good morning... Many of our readers enjoyed the touching video about Scott Harrison's life shared in our blog post from yesterday. Thirst: A Story of Redemption, Compassion, and a Mission to Bring Clean Water to the World is also a book chronicling the global ministry God is inspiring through Scott, a non-profit called charity: water. "This is one [...]
Good morning... “THERE IS NOTHING MORE TRULY ARTISTIC THAN TO LOVE PEOPLE,” says the Vincent Van Gogh quote on the website of my new nineteen year old friend from Minnesota. Joanna's email from yesterday made my admiring heart smile. ****** Hi Sue! I hope you are having a good start to your week! I just wanted to inform [...]
Good morning... To the beaming light of a big full moon, we left rural Pennsylvania at 3:34 am. Sipping on freshly brewed coffee. Debriefing from our visit with extended family. Listening to all of the episodes in a podcast called "Who Killed Mars Hill?" Stopping twice for gas, potty and food, we pulled into our Atlanta driveway at [...]
Good morning... Before leaving earth for the eternity of heaven, Jesus said to his flawed, faithful followers, "I will ask the Father and he will give you another Savior, the Holy Spirit of Truth, who will be to you a friend just like me—and he will never leave you. The world won’t receive him because they can’t see [...]
Good morning... Over the Zoom call connecting Joanna from her bedroom in Minnesota and me from my vacation in Pennsylvania, we shared an ah-ha moment. "I'm finally embracing the fact that I'm not a logical thinker," Joanna said with a contagious smile. "I'm a creative problem solver." The heart of this nineteen year old is cut from a [...]
Good morning... As God continues our ongoing conversation about walking barefoot through deep grief, courageously facing painful challenges, and trusting that we were each made for more than breathing, I am drawn to a song by Ginny Owen. Regular readers of our everyday blog will remember that Ginny is a talented singer who mysteriously went blind at age [...]
Good morning... As we were driving to our family reunion in Pennsylvania last Sunday, a minister said over the radio, "Jesus did not come to earth to take a side, he came to earth to take over." I got out my phone and texted myself the wise sentence. I have been pondering the thought all week. In our [...]
Good morning... The executive director of the Ignatius House Retreat Center lives in our neighborhood. I find Maria to be a person who lives the love of Christ in such a vibrant, authentic way. So, when it came into my inbox yesterday, I was encouraged by her video reflection on the first fifteen verses of the book of [...]
