Peace
How to Embrace the Season You’re In
Photo by Chris Lawton on Unsplash If you’ve lived very many years, as I have, you’ve most likely come to understand that we experience many different seasons throughout the course of our lives. Just like in nature, seasons change. Sometimes we welcome the new season, and other times we mourn for the ones that are…
Read MoreStrong Foundations
Photo by Shahadat Rahman on Unsplash The basement of our house is not finished, but has been relatively dry. If you live in the midwest, you know what I’m talking about. Finished basements can become livable functional space, whereas unfinished basements can be usable, or they can be damp, scary, and the stuff nightmares are…
Read MoreAccuser or Advocate?
I don’t know if you’ve noticed or not (wink, wink), but our world is in conflict. Conflict is everywhere. It’s played out across the airwaves on TV, radio, and internet land. Adults throwing full-blown hissy fits and politics demonstrating as much decorum as a playground brawl. So, it’s out there in the big, wide…
Read MoreIn the Quiet Knowing
We sit across the table from each other. He calls out the heaviness in my heart, and it is only then that I realize its full weight. It’s been a season of change, of loss, of new places, and of growth. The corners of his mouth rise in a gentle smile. The kindness in his…
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