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Trust the Shepherd

There are challenging seasons in life. We know it, and we live it. So what does intentional rest and soul stewardship look and feel like...

Steadfast in the Dark

"Seeking self-awareness when obstacles and opposition emerge." We have navigated such a difficult stretch these last two years. It has...

An Unusual Way

Have you watched The Chosen this last year? Despite very different preferences on many things, my husband and I both found this series on...

Prayer Tools

There are moments when we notice our deep longing for God. It may be that moment in a crisis when our need shouts at us. Perhaps it is in...

No Way!

My daughter has been writing the exhortation "faith over fear" on cards and notes for the last few months. The phrase calls us to live...

Paying Attention to Your Dashboard

I looked at my gas gauge as I pulled into our driveway for the third time that day, and I realized I was down to a quarter tank of gas. I...

An Undivided Heart

What do you think of when you consider the phrase "an undivided heart?" We live in a world where we see and experience great beauty,...

Praying the Masquerade

Check out the Events page for this winter retreat coming in two weeks. Praying the Masquerade February 20, Saturday 9-10:45am Zoom...

Encounter Retreats

The New Year is an opportunity to look back and look forward. With the slower pace of winter, and especially in this ongoing season of...

Nourishing?

This is a season unlike any other—we know it and we feel it. Our rhythms have been disrupted: rhythms for worship, connection,...

Encounter

Encounter is an invitation to engage God with an open heart. God pursues our hearts, and we respond: it is a sacred encounter. We open to...

Fierce Trust

The master craftsman prepares the clay. Pounded and pressed. Kneaded and pounded. The lump of unformed clay is placed on the wheel and...

Creativity and Courage Emerge

As we experience the tension of hope and creativity against the sadness and grief of suffering we feel the weightiness these days. We...

Stewarding Time...

Time?! Time is limited. Sometimes the hours seem to race by or slip through our fingers... and we scramble to hold on. Other days the...

What is in your Toolbox?

A project to build, a piece of furniture to refinish, a broken cabinet to fix...what tools do I need to accomplish the task? The tasks...

Spiritual Practices for 2020

It is nearly the New Year. My heart and body have felt the fullness of the last month: the longing of Advent, the chaos of culture, the...

Praying the Tangle

Life is good and beautiful—it is also complex and hard. God's grace and love is present daily, and I am deeply grateful. I experience my...

More than good thinking...

As a mom I want my girls to think well and critically. I seek to teach them to make choices that are thoughtful and aligned with God's...