• Seek Him

    Milk & Honey

    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…

  • Distractions!

    Milk & Honey

    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,…

  • Come Out to Play!

    The Whole Ball of Wax

    “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…

  • Silly Goals & Dreams

    The Whole Ball of Wax

    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,…

  • Dream A Little

    From I do to We did

    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…

  • Awe & Wonder

    Milk & Honey

    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…

  • Even there

    Milk & Honey

    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…

  • Come Follow Me

    Milk & Honey

    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…

  • It is a Choice

    Milk & Honey

    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…

  • In the meantime…

    Cradle to College & Beyond

    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…