Counting our blessings and practicing gratitude can give rise to joy and connection. We all have seen the benefits of a pause and noticing. We journal, pray, and offer thanks. In the morning, I listen to the Pray as you go app. On January 29, the question was asked, “Ask God to show you a…
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His Work
Your left hook 2022
My daughter, mom, mother-in-law, and niece are doing the same “Pray Through The Bible In One Year” journal by Darlene Franklin. What a great way to start 2022. Happy New Year! The holidays have been interesting this year as we grapple with illness and quarantine. Parish and I have had plenty of time to communicate…
Christmas 2021
Amidst the noise and happenings, snapshots, a single moment with depths of love and familiarity. I can only imagine that the overwhelming expression of moments are a gift from God. A God pause. This season I saw little hands helping and the innocence of children who love without questioninging. Extended family and friends gathered to…
Darkness and Light
Darkness and light. I read a poem that emphasized how the light that shines forth in the darkness brings renewed hope. After reading the poem, I found myself in prayerful consideration of the “why”. Why do we, as humans, experience renewal or awe when we are presented with opposing events? Why do we experience heightened…
Responding to Trauma with Radical Love (Two Part Series)
I wanted to share a collection of resources for your place of worship. Grace Baptist in Richmond is a compassionate church that radically loves. My dear friend, Dr. Lisa Webb, asked me to pull some resources for their newsletter that comes out each week. They had two articles that came out in a Part 1…
Up to date and highly satisfactory
My Aunt Polly’s birthday was December 7th. I would have to ask my mom how old she would have been, but I’m guessing 89 years old. She loved to sing and create programs that brought joy and laughter. In fact, over 30 years ago, she talked me and my boyfriend at the time to help…
Heart is sea
Heart is sea, language is shore. Whatever sea includes, will hit the shore. -RUMI Brene’ Brown’s new book, Atlas of the Heart, arrived yesterday! EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEK! Just like Priya Parker shared in the live event with Brene’, the book is colorful, an experience to just hold and feel the weight and the softness of the pages;…
You are already there
Close your eyes in the moments. Take pause from the doing and just listen. Open your eyes and look around you. What do you see? Smell? Hear? Close your eyes again and imagine a file in a cabinet or a tab on your computer. Star it, save it, catalogue it. A cup of warm coffee…
Only for the day
The cover art for a little devotional book called The Upper Room that I grabbed on the way out of Fair Haven United Methodist church in Rondanthe is a beautiful piece of art! The picture displays three generations of women trusting God for manna. I pray that God will fill your day with manna (grace…
Advocate
Our last day. What word comes to mind is “advocate”. In my book, Gentle and Lowly, by Ortlund, he discussed the difference between intercession and advocate. He is always interceding on our behalf and knows how to lift us up to the Father when we do not have the words to speak. He is our…
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