picket fences

by | Nov 19, 2009 | faith, friendship

If you are a good girl like me, chances are that moving toward others is easy. We will help others, serve others and pray for them, too. But there is a distinct possibility that if they turn it on us, we will move quickly on and deeply inward. We retreat to our...

unwrapping rediscovery

by | Nov 17, 2009 | Tuesdays Unwrapped

They don’t know it, but Elisabeth Elliot and Amy Carmichael were my mentors throughout high school and college. Their writings combined with Elisabeth’s daily radio show, Gateway to Joy, served as life-giving anchors for me during times of transition,...

in which I direct you elsewhere

by | Nov 16, 2009 | holiday

Even though I have full access to my laundry room, my kitchen and my computer, the fact that construction isn’t finished in the living room has been my reason for every procrastination this week. It seems like when one part of life is out of sorts, everything...

and the wall comes tumbling down

by | Nov 13, 2009 | Home

I have nothing to offer today but this little preview of our living room. The wall is down! I’ve been measuring and sitting and staring and thinking. And then I move to the other side of the room and measure and sit and stare and think. This is most definitely...

His visible presence

by | Nov 12, 2009 | faith, inspiration

Often times I think of God as the holy invisible, the unseen Maker, the hiding weaver of evidence. But there are moments here and there where time takes a break and I am overcome with the reality of His presence. Where I see color and creation, laughter and...