Where do you go when you seek the Lord? For me, I often go to the mountains. There is something in these surroundings, away from the hustle, that draw me in. The beauty cultivates awe. The enormity…
Distractions are all around; causing us to look here and there until we are spinning around dizzy and confused. Currently, life seems at an epic high for distraction…friends struggling with illness, others with job and financial problems, the media…
“Can you come out to play?” I haven’t heard that lately. Have you? Come out to play…what does that even look like? This seems like a foreign concept in life as an adult. How would you respond if I…
Sometimes our silly goals or dreams provide a little framework in which we can be spurred on towards unexpected adventure and discovery. For me, the 50 states, I call my nation, have held this adventure. Determined to see each…
Seasons of marriage ebb and flow. I am not sure if you are like me, but I can only really remember dreaming about one specific season…married with kids. For as long as I can remember, my thoughts of being…
When was the last time you were struck with awe? Left amazed and bewildered? Captivated by wonder? I am trying to remember. I know certain things cultivate wonder a bit more easily in me, like gazing at newborns or…
Seems that EVERYONE keeps telling me summer is over. I know we just finished up Labor Day weekend, but is it really over? Summer seemed way too short this year. As I take inventory, mine was full of many…
Follower: one who comes behind or after another; one who models or imitates. Jesus repeats this same command over and over; “Come follow me.” I cannot find a single time He directed His disciples or anyone else to go…
Reading through the book of Mark, one phrase catches me: “They took offense at Him.” (Mark 6:3b). Jesus had come home. He brought His friends, the disciples, along. When the Sabbath rolled around, they went to the synagogue like…
In the meantime…the space between what was happening and that which is coming next. At times, it is easy to fill the space of the in between. This space allows for freedom to enjoy what we haven’t had time…