Good morning... "This week the shooting that took place at the high school in Winston Salem is literally right behind our home," she texted me. "It was so scary and sad. We had to lock down our neighborhood as the shooter was on the loose. Two boys from down the street were in school and I was so [...]
Good morning... "On the pavement, mid-stride, I saw a tattered, blackened penny," explained our post from yesterday. "I picked it up and looked at the ugly, messy coin. I knew that somewhere the penny read, "In God We Trust," but I could not see this truth clearly. I thought to myself, "This is exactly what my friend is [...]
Good morning... "I think of you as I write this message on marriage," I texted my friend at 4:47 am. "God is such a faithful husband to you and I love seeing your wholeness reclaimed from within." "Lovely post, Sue," she texted back soon after. "And thank you. Love that we are already connecting this early morning." "Yes, [...]
Good morning... One of the most beautiful parts of my work as Women's Ministry Director is watching the Spirit of God rise up and take form in the life of ordinary people. One woman, who has come to our semester book studies for years, has followed the Spirit's lead through a difficult divorce, through moving homes twice, through [...]
Good morning... As I was sipping on coffee and writing our devotional message this morning, our twenty-six year old son came downstairs and climbed into our king-sized bed beside me and our dogs. With his acting up car still sitting at the mechanic's shop nearby, he unexpectedly spent the night at home. A few minutes later, coming upstairs [...]
Good morning... In God's great timing, I snapped this photo the day before I received an important email. I took a picture of this large, makeshift ark for a friend in Florida who was deeply touched by our grief podcast in December. Especially she loved our encouragement that God quietly builds for us a protective ark to live [...]
Good morning... As we moseyed around the State Botanical Gardens of Georgia last weekend, my friend kept saying, "You should have seen the tulips. The tulips were spectacular this year. You should have seen the tulips." Returning home with a phone full of photos, I crafted our April 19th blog post displaying God's Colorful Design. Almost instantly I [...]
Good morning... I love this hand-painted clock that lives in our basement. It is a clock with no hands which mysteriously sets itself to God's perfect timing. I just experienced a moment of God-ordained timing. I have been up since 4:30 am working on this morning's blog post with God. Just as I was about to push "send," [...]
Good morning... Today is the final Friday morning class of this weird semester. We have gathered in an open space at church rather than the cozy warmth of our living room. We have pulled uncomfortable stackable chairs into a circle, six feet apart, rather than relaxing on our couches with pillows, blankets, and our furry, friendly dogs. We [...]
Good morning... Okay. So our front hedges have been growing way out of control, hiding the bottom half of our window and inching up toward the tippy top. We have lived in this house for about six or seven years, so the seven year itch was creeping up on our bushes. Small periodic hair cuts had become useless. [...]
