Every Morning

Every Morning

Dear friends, I don’t know how you’re feeling this morning, and I don’t know how you were feeling when you laid your head down last night. What I do know, though, is that God’s faithfulness goes with you…behind you…before you into...
Seen and Heard

Seen and Heard

Dear friends, be encouraged on this Monday morning. No matter what today holds, you must face *none* of it on your own strength. Our Lord – who sees you and hears you in everything you do – is always looking for opportunities to strengthen you. Recommit...
Emergence

Emergence

A couple of weeks ago my daughter’s teacher sent home a plastic ziplock baggy with two beans in it. The beans represented hours of anticipation on behalf of her preschool class, as they watched and waited for the two beans to show signs of life. Finally, roots...

What I Need

This morning, as Mother’s Day approaches, I’m reflecting some on my own motherhood – especially the changes and feelings that occupied my mind in those first bleary-eyed weeks.  Curious about all I had forgotten, I revisited something I wrote when I...
To My Free-Spirited Daughter

To My Free-Spirited Daughter

Dear Jennifer, Honey, I’m proud of you.  Do you know that?  Do you really know that?  Because I am so very proud of you and it’s important to me that you know that. I’m proud of you for the obvious things, of course, like how you’re learning to...