Hello you…heavy-laden one. You know that tug-of-war you’ve been straining with? All of your spirit pulling, begging, striving in the dust of a well-worn path? Today is an invitation to open your fingers’ maniacal grip. Feel the heavy frayed and frazzled rope…
You are allowed to rest. This is permission. Invitation. It had been a busy day, full of teetering stacks of laundry and ministry and the kind of slow exhaustion that makes one desperate for another cup of coffee…at 8…just to make it…
In October in Harrisburg, PA Felicia had walked the runway interceding…in their shoes. She told the horrors of the stories of the more than 20 million trafficked simply by wearing a dress. It’s a runway show called Unchained (click…
It all started when I brought Psalm 139 to bed with a hot steaming mug of chamomile tea, mulling it over in my mouth, breathing in its earthy fragrance and then licking the honey resting at the bottom. I stopped…
John 15:1-8 Good teachers teach from what is right in front of them and my bet is that in this scripture, Jesus is too. I imagine he and the disciples are on a hike to a new village…the Word,…
We swing our hips, the coins sewn to our hip scarves jingle and we are transported. And how we crave our weekly passport stamped! We are living in a Western Michigan Winter. The frigid cold has taken over our sweet…
The skipping, whirring, pacing thoughts began their morbid merry-go-round when I was ten. I called it nervousness. The asthma medication inhaled would bring it on, the late dinner would leave me shaky, ordinary stress would demand I put on…
Ready, Set, Homeschool… What I want to remember daily: Grace. Invite those precious minds to the water, wet their appetite, give them sips, but don’t let them drown! And always, always, always, hold out grace open-handed. (I love this…
This story by Linda Andersen is a part of the Sabbath focus we have on Fridays here at a Thirst for God. “The Lord is my shepherd, I shall lack nothing. He makes me lie down in green pastures. He…
Resurrection is a gift. Pure gift. God kneading Kingdom and spreading into us Life. “If the Spirit of Him who rose Christ from the dead is living in you, then the Spirit of Him who rose Christ from the dead…