for when you can’t stay put

by | Nov 10, 2010 | breathe

Anxiety works hard to pull me into the future, tugging like a dog on a rope. Regret stands behind me, just over my shoulder, with dark whispers of should-haves. But the Lord, He spoke the days into being, and He did so just one at a time. And this is the day he has...

on grieving with those teenage girls

by | Nov 8, 2010 | ministry

I sit with them in the homey living room, their eyes cast down toward the floor. I have no words because there are no words. And so it is quiet for a time. A little over a week ago, a student in our community died in a skateboarding accident. I didn’t know him,...

glory telling

by | Nov 7, 2010 | (in)courage

There may be laws that keep mouths silent in schools, there may be countries that put you in jail for saying His name, there may be leaders and dictators and presidents that are offended to think there is a higher power than themselves, but there is one thing that...

things to chat about

by | Nov 5, 2010 | friendship, sisters

After spending a month writing on a focused topic everyday, I have found myself mush-brained this week. When I told my sister that, she agreed she felt the same way and said, “Um. Hello? I wrote about Adam Lambert.” And I laughed hysterically until I...