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Merry Christmas

      This is our promise. This is our hope. This is the point. Merry Christmas! May your day be filled with the certainty the Lord has spoken.   Share this:

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What I have

There is a story in John that you might be familiar with. Jesus goes with his disciples off somewhere remote. And people follow him. The disciples are worried because it is a lot of people and there is...

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What I listen to

I spend a lot of time listening to podcasts while I run. It helps the time pass even if it makes me a little slower and I always learn something. What podcasts I dig right now and you should listen to:...

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Life in between

It has been 10 years this month since I was diagnosed with Thyroid Cancer. I saw my doctor today and it was almost comical how non important this anniversary was to him. Not because he didn’t know it...

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We all have a story

I am a writer. It has taken a long time for me to say that. Of course I am writing so it’s a little easier. I often put a lot of buts in the statement: I am a writer. I am a writer but … I haven’t...

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Her story…My Story

I volunteer once a week at a medical facility. I spend time with kids as they wait for appointments, reading, talking about the T.V. show on the screen, showing games on a tablet. It is often the best...

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The possibilities of Pentacost

Today is Pentecost. For you faithful churchgoers this is where your pastor or liturgist reads from Acts 2:4 and a sermon is preached on the Holy Spirit and the birth of the church. But Pentecost is so...

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The day after the day

Yesterday I mourned. I expected to wake up to a different world. A world that had changed. A world that no longer placed unreasonable standards for women to attain. A world who considered my brains...

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Prayer

  We have this idea of what prayer should be. Hands folded, knees bent, head down. The words are memorized words or prayers with SAT words. Words that would make our pastor proud. That isn’t prayer....

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Advent

I am a person who likes to wait. To sit in the possibilities of what if and when. To relish in mystery. To lounge in hope. Not Yet. Not yet do not have to be hard words. Advent is the not yet. We savor...

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