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He's Coming with the Clouds
Personally, at first glance, Finding Nemo never would have crossed my mind as a multifaceted screening packed with tender layers of meaning. But…
Emptiness
The word “empty” came to my mind recently. I was feeling the weight from one of those days that seems to carry with it a heaviness that lingered deep in my bones. And yet, even though I felt pulled down, the best way to describe the feeling in my heart was that word - empty.
Brave Light - Carriers Part Two
If you haven’t read (or listened to) last week’s part 1 of Brave Light-Carriers, here’s your cue to click pause on this reach-for-more of Jesus — and drink that one in first.
Brave Light - Carriers Part One
I share the dream with you here because I sense in my heart that maybe it can encourage you in a God-honoring way — to recognize the battlefield in front of us…
This Sweet Language
This passage of scripture does not describe Mary saying or doing anything. She chose to "treasure up all these things, pondering them in her heart.”
Greater Love
The Bible tells us over and over again, that love is an action, not a feeling, and some consider this to be one of the greatest declarations of love - to give one’s life over for another just as Jesus did for us.
The Sword of the Spirit
When I find myself in a dry “season”, my weapon of choice is to go back to the sacred songbook of praise and worship written predominantly by King David: the book of Psalms.
Truth & Jesus - Front and Center
Does the hope of TRUTH stir anything deep inside you? …..something akin to peace, security, rest, or h-o-m-e? Perhaps not any home you’ve known before…perhaps instead a home you long for, dream of….
Modern Day Pharaohs
And Moses said to the people, “Fear not, stand firm, and the salvation of the Lord, which He will work for you today. For the Egyptians whom you see today, you shall never see again.
Winter’s Embrace
Most people dread the barrenness of this season, preferring to cling to the days of summer - to hold onto the nostalgia of warmth and sunshine. And yet, by God’s wonderful design we have a chance to learn something here; just as there is a time for summer, there is to be a time for winter.
He Restores My Soul
‘Tis the season for resolutions, ambitions, “word”-of-the-year’s, and limited parking at the gym. A desire for renewal; a fresh start; an opportunity to swipe fresh colors across a blank canvas and recreate.
The End of One Thing is the Beginning of Another
It is inevitable that what we know today, have today, love today, and experience today…is salient. It is changing. Morphing. Unavoidably unable to maintain or remain. What is here today will inevitably be gone tomorrow…what a sad way to end a year. What an unpleasant sounding reach.
What Would Wood Say of Christmas
I sit by the windows of our ridge-line sanctuary, it’s where I’m found every sunrise. Three massive picture windows frame the view of the “world” for us, with the same actors performing daily. Those actors are the trees, a mountain ridge across the way, and sky.
Salt & Stone
We could hear the power of the Pacific waters as we hopped out of our car. My husband Michael and I were spending the evening on Rialto Beach - one of our favorite places tucked away on Washington’s Olympic Peninsula.
The Faith of a Mother
A few months ago I was prompted by the Holy Spirit to revisit this account in Exodus 2 of the birth of Moses, but this time, He led me to specifically pay attention to the mother of Moses, Jochebed.
The Hope of Glory
We are all holding hopes in our hands and not only that, but we often have expectations of how they should come about. We have an idea in our heads of how we imagine these things will happen, IF they happen at all.
HE Gives MORE than this world can take away
Pictures of Spurgeon remind us, he was no small man. He was a force to be reckoned with in the pulpit, in the church, and I’d guess most anywhere he put his foot. The ground under him knew full well when he had arrived.
God's Deliberate Creation
Last week I had the desire to walk at one of my favorite places. It was a beautiful autumn day; there was a chill to the air, a light layer of clouds filled the sky, and the leaves were brilliantly displaying their colors.
Love is Patient
Have you ever just stared at this scripture and wondered why it’s in the order that it is? We have this verse framed in our bedroom and I find myself reading through the lines often.
Far Beyond History
Years ago when our oldest son was in college, he said something that has remained in my mind, and likely will for the rest of my days. It was concerning the reality and factuality of history.