Loving this little sip of nourishment
This was the Jesus Calling devotional for July 6 and I am still feeding off it: I am your Father-God. Listen to Me! Learn what it means to be a child of the everlasting King. Your richest duty is…
Growing Up
This is it. That sweet anniversary. My baby’s 3rd birthday and that anniversary of when You were here, so Present. As Present as the red velvet couch I sit on. As pervasive as the yummy bacon smell from the California…
Why We Crave the Pause Button
My daughter begs me this afternoon to come write. The youngest is napping up in the nursery and what mom in love with the play of words could ever say “no” to play together? We gather pens and notebooks…
The Shepherd is Here
The Shepherd is Here I shall not lack… And this seems to be key: You are always enough in the present. I am the one who runs ahead into lack, who runs ahead into fear and smacks my head…
Expect Resurrection
HERE. He is here. The God of the Universe: All-Wise, All-powerfull, saturated through and through with goodness and love, star-namer, man molder, light flinger, … Healer, Redeemer, Life Breather, Dead Raiser, Wave Calmer, is HERE. The question…
Thanksgiving in the Midst of Pain
I missed Holy Week. I missed the whole darn thing. Except the part where my feet are washed clean. I missed clinging to the cross and the Resurrection glory. Pink dogwood dancing in the breeze against a deep blue sky: my…
Learning to Abide
John 1:29-42 Confession time: I have built a habit over many years of learning about God so as to have tastes and appetizers instead of going straight to God and waiting with Him for His Presence, gathering a whole meal…
Fasting From Chaos
I live deep in chaos. I envy Brother Lawrence, the Carmelite monk from the 1600’s with his hundreds of monastery dishes stacked. He slipped easily into practicing Your Presence, soaking in divine love. He made cathedrals of the ordinary while…