A New Year Reflection This is the first year I haven’t taken my Christmas stuff down by New Year’s Day. I’ve lingered longer as the hurry of the season raced faster than I wanted. I hoped there would be more time to press in deep, contemplating the last year as I moved into the next. I went through the motions and the praying as I always do, I chose my words and I planned my course. I made the list that would tweak this and adjust that in my life. I methodically planned

Moments of rest, unplanned, unexpected, given like a beautifully wrapped gift.  He knows just what we need to calm the inner part of our inner self.    I don’t think we realize how many days to months, maybe even years, that we’ve been pushing too hard, trying to survive the ever bullish circumstances that life inevitably presents.  Though I reason that we are in a constant spiritual battle, the battle weariness is real.  Living on defense gets old and the layers of unaddress

I've been quiet on my blog while I was finishing my book.  I felt like I was weaving the last few threads into a tapestry made of grace. ...

As winter settles in for the earth's long nap, we’re given new opportunities to pause.  In the pause we hear a kind of silence, a kind...

"Therefore by Him let us continually offer the sacrifice of *praise to God, that is, the fruit of our lips, giving thanks to His name."...

“O victory in Jesus, my Savior forever He sought me and bought me, with His redeeming blood, He loved me ere I knew Him, and all my love...

"Love is patient and kind; love does not envy or boast; it is not arrogant or rude. It does not insist on its own way; it is not...

"Examine yourselves as to whether you are in the faith. Test yourselves. Do you not know yourselves, that Jesus Christ is in you?--unless...

I’m a little later than I wanted to be this week, but I’m shedding the deadline to pull up a chair with you, Friend, and have a little...

"…the LORD is in His holy temple. Let all the earth keep silence before Him." [Habakkuk 2:20 NKJV] This scripture replays in my mind and...

" So Abram said to Sarai, ‘Indeed your maid is in your hand; do to her as you please.’ And when Sarai dealt harshly with her (Hagar), she...

I remember the day with perfect clarity. It was March of 2017, a few weeks before Easter. I can’t recall the sermon, but I remember it...

"…there is no creature hidden from His sight, but all things are naked and open to the eyes of Him to whom we must give account."...