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Undone
On Thursday I wrote about where we are, about how I am doing okay even when I sit with the uncertainties of life. Honestly, the past few days have been the other side of being okay… what I wrote of how some days it seems the faith is sucked right out of me. And today,…
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Where We Are
This blog has been quiet these past few weeks, not because I haven’t wanted to write nor because I didn’t have time to write. I have been quiet mostly because so much happened, so much beauty and joy and love being with my children and extended family over the holidays, and I have held it…
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These Are Written
“Morning may bring a brand new pain, With sufferings I’m afraid to face. Confronted by things I cannot change, I’ll remember how Jesus calmed the crashing waves… These are written so, you may believe, And that by believing you may have life in His name.” These Are Written Thank you, Zach, for sharing this with…
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Filling
It has been a roller coaster of a week… a week of tasting the ache of our advent longing and reveling in the joy of friendship and good cheer. We learned on Monday of the sudden passing of Brian’s grandpa, and we tasted the brokenness of this fallen world. Then we left the very next…
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Let the Music Begin
Her eyes sparkled as she looked up at me, “Can you wait for me?” she whispered, trying not to wake her daddy. “Don’t start the Christmas music without me.” I nodded. “Meet me downstairs,” I whispered back, conspiratorially. “I’ll make my coffee.” She skipped to her room for her slippers. I reminisced as I waited…