How To Grow A Child

Good morning... Still savoring this week's post, To My Surprise, I thought to myself, "Within the first twenty-four hours of life, these baby cardinals felt their own hunger, found their own voice, asked for what they craved, and their red feathered father naturally nurtured their basic needs. If birds can do this, why is it so hard for [...]

By |2020-07-08T07:36:14-04:00July 8th, 2020|Aging, Everyday life, God's Plan, Human Nature, Spiritual Growth|

Tired Of Waiting?

Good morning... It seems to me, grey is the color of waiting. Not old, not new. Not now, not yet. No agenda, no time frame. No end of the tunnel, no finish line in sight. I think back to my most fertile times of waiting, when new life was gestating inside my womb, out of my sight, expanding [...]

By |2020-06-28T10:44:46-04:00June 28th, 2020|New From Old, Spiritual Growth, Transformation, Trust God|

Use This Time Wisely

Good morning... The hands of the hand-painted clock above fell off long ago. This broken clock hangs on the wall in my spiritual direction space, an invitation for me to stay keenly alert for God's perfect timing, kairos versus chronos time. Chronos, clock-time, is the measurable sequence of seconds, minutes, and hours structuring our daily lives. Yet it [...]

Making Room For Zoom

Good morning... This virus exposes our bitter truth: stuck in this together, we are all aging dogs forced to learn new tricks. For the first time in my life, I am making room for Zoom, a virtual event where one person hosts a meeting and multiple participants communicate through the computer screen. With many of us working from [...]

By |2020-03-26T03:44:03-04:00March 26th, 2020|Community, Healing, Pain, Spiritual Growth, Unity|

Another Part Of My Husband’s Heart

Good morning... When my husband was in college, he took a trip to Israel with a small group of students and his favorite professor. Something important awakened in Steve as he walked the steps of Jesus, read Bible stories in the places they actually occurred, and collaborated on the questions of faith brewing in his heart. Walking and [...]

By |2020-02-20T03:45:06-05:00February 20th, 2020|Community, Death And Resurrection, God's Word, Spiritual Growth|

The Heart Of My Husband

Good morning... Over the past few days, I have heard from many of you about disappointments, dashed dreams, hopes piling high before falling apart. It is important for us to share our stories of life's imperfect moments as we rise up from our low points, learning key lessons. 1) We are not alone when life gets hard. We [...]

By |2020-02-18T08:45:28-05:00February 18th, 2020|Everyday life, Imperfection, Pain, Spiritual Growth, Trust God|

What I Used To Think

Good morning... I used to think I needed older, wiser mentors watering my seeds of faith, people pouring into me, helping me to grow. At the same time, I thought I was designed to be an older, wiser mentor, pouring into the lives of others, helping them to grow. Me being poured into so I could pour out. [...]

By |2020-02-06T03:55:23-05:00February 5th, 2020|Abundance, Community, Faith, God's Plan, Spiritual Growth|

Savor Sabbath: Be Learning

Good morning... Tonight is a night I have been looking forward to for a long time. At Northside Church we are hosting an important ninety minutes. ****** Biblical and Theological Perspectives on Human Sexuality Presented by Dr. Kendall Soulen, Candler School of Theology Sunday, January 26 | 5:00–6:30PM | Watson Faith & Arts Center, Northside Church, 2799 Northside Dr [...]

By |2020-01-26T06:31:44-05:00January 26th, 2020|Everyday life, God's Word, Sabbath, Spiritual Growth, Unity|

Caught In My Pajamas

Good morning... Okay. So I am an ENFP on the Myers Briggs personality test. Extroverted. Intuitive. Feeling. Perceiving. That's me. Creatively collaborative, highly intuitive, and deeply perceptive, I feel every facet of life with great gusto. As a very strong "P," I get so caught up in the joy of flying that I have a hard time landing [...]

By |2020-01-25T08:45:56-05:00January 25th, 2020|Authenticity, Peace, Spiritual Growth|

Living On The Slant

Good morning... In the midst of my prayer time, God is growing in me a fresh thought, a new-to-me idea, the spark of the small, simple diagram pictured above. I am certain that this line of thinking has been explored by other curious brains, as Ecclesiastes 1:9-10 (CEV) reminds us: Everything that happens has happened before; nothing is new, nothing under the [...]

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