Audrey’s Mom On Easter

Good morning... On Easter Monday, I blogged about Caregiving For A Loved One. "Sue, I read your blog," texted Jennifer DeShetler, mother of Audrey, who has journeyed with cancer for over fourteen years. "It's funny. I wrote about myself as a caregiver yesterday on Facebook." Knowing that I am not on any social media, Jennifer shared with me [...]

By |2025-04-24T00:46:21-04:00April 24th, 2025|Faith, Fear, Gratitude, Healing, Trust God|

Lights Will Guide You Home

Good morning... I happened upon a unique rendition of the song "I Will Fix You" by Coldplay. Might we imagine God singing these lyrics to us, as we are lost, found, and led home by the light? ****** "Fix You" - lyrics by writers Jonathan Mark Buckland, Christopher Anthony John Martin, William Champion, Guy Rupert Berryman When you [...]

By |2025-04-10T07:45:02-04:00April 11th, 2025|God's Love, Healing, Light In Darkness, Pain, Trust God|

A River Running Home

Good morning... "Your life was like a river running home," sings the most moving line from Slater Nalley's original song, "Traces of You." This dynamic expression of endless love reminds me of the poem I just sent to my friend, a dear friend who buried her 23 year old son last month. "Good morning," I texted. "I think [...]

By |2025-04-10T06:08:01-04:00April 10th, 2025|Death And Resurrection, Family and Friends, God's Love, Grief, Healing|

Slater Traces Our Tears

Good morning... My husband Steve and I have been watching American Idol together this season, since one of his students from The Lovett School was just chosen by the judges as one of the top twenty-four contestants. These diversely talented singers will now begin vying for votes from viewers, seeking to become the next American Idol. In his [...]

By |2025-04-10T04:54:05-04:00April 9th, 2025|God's Love, Healing, Light In Darkness, Loss, Tragedy|

We Grow Around Grief

Good morning... After yesterday's post, Untangling Our Sadness, a friend wrote: "I can't remember if I sent this to you. Your post this morning made me think of this jar image. A friend sent it to me and it really spoke to me." People tend to believe that grief shrinks over time. What really happens is that we [...]

By |2025-04-04T09:38:47-04:00April 4th, 2025|Grief, Healing, Sadness, Spiritual Growth, Trust God|

Untangling Our Sadness

Good morning... Walking toward the excruciating pain of the cross, Jesus is described as "a man of sorrows and suffering, knowing sadness well" (Isaiah 53:3, NLV). How well do we each know our own sadness? In our therapeutic community group, we explored the experience of sadness, the different forms sad can take. Big sad. Small sad. Light sprinkling [...]

By |2025-04-04T09:44:16-04:00April 3rd, 2025|Everyday life, Grief, Healing, Sadness, Trust God|

Expanding Audrey’s Vision

Good morning... As shared in yesterday's blog post, Jesus came to nineteen year old Audrey DeShetler in a vision, washing clean her weary feet. "Audrey, you are well." She heard Jesus speak to her directly for the very first time. Then later in the day, another friend wrote to me: "After reading today’s blog, I had to share [...]

By |2025-04-02T06:03:34-04:00April 2nd, 2025|Community, Everyday life, Family and Friends, God's Love, Healing|

“Audrey, You Are Well.”

Good morning... For nearly fifteen years, the members of Northside Church have been praying diligently for Audrey DeShetler, Sunday after Sunday. We have closely tracked her journey with a childhood cancer called neuroblastoma. Diagnosed at age five, Audrey has pushed through treatment after treatment, relapse after relapse, until now Audrey is a wise nineteen years old young woman. [...]

By |2025-04-04T09:46:43-04:00April 1st, 2025|Abundance, Death And Resurrection, God's Love, Healing, Sadness|

One Barefoot Artist

Good morning... In the morning, I watched the trailer below, a trailer for The Barefoot Artist, an inspirational documentary about Lily Yeh. "Our world is full of darkness. What can an artist do?" asks Yeh. At 84 years old, Lily is fueled by the profound belief that people can instill social change by creating art projects in some [...]

By |2025-03-20T02:18:47-04:00March 20th, 2025|Everyday life, God's Love, Healing, Pain|

Lunch With Audrey

Good morning... Last week, it was delightful to share lunch with Audrey and our Fab Five friends. Having met at a Bible study in my living room many, many years ago, this group of amazing women has stayed in constant touch throughout Audrey's fourteen year journey with cancer, facing traditional treatments for neuroblastoma, repeated relapses, hospital stays in [...]

By |2025-03-12T04:09:56-04:00March 12th, 2025|Healing, Mystery, Prayer, Trust God|
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