Faith and flexibility are the name of the game for this season of my life. Faith in the vision God has given me, and flexibility on how I get there. Day by day, I’m learning the art of planning for the future but staying firmly rooted in the present. Perhaps that is why I enjoyed… Read More
Daily Life
Why Be A Slave When You’ve Been Set Free?
As I watched the inauguration celebration earlier this week, I was again struck by how far we’ve come and how much still looms before us. Perhaps even more so this year as 2013 marks the 50th anniversary of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s March on Washington and the 150th anniversary of the signing of the… Read More
Will You Be the One?
I can hear the screams coming from next door, again. It scares me the way they fight. It seems like the episodes are coming more and more frequently and each time more severe. Lindsay is wailing in the background. I want to run over and scoop her up! It’s so unfair. She’s the same age… Read More
It’s Time to Let it Go!
Happy New Year! I hope your holidays were filled with lots of love and laughter, and 2013 is off to a great start. I am expecting big things in the months ahead! No, I don’t have a crystal ball. What I do have is a lot of seeds sown that I have carefully been tending.… Read More
Managing Every Day Madness With Love
Once again, our nation is overcome with grief. A mall shooting and another mass school shooting has brought us to our knees as we cry out to God for relief from the crushing pain that has penetrated our collective hearts. What in the world would make the shooters hate themselves, and others, so much that… Read More
This Messy Thing Called Life!
What an amazing year! As December draws near, I can hardly believe how much life has changed. 2012 will go down as a year I lived fully and completely. Not because it was perfect, but rather because it wasn’t. It was messy, painful, hurtful, crushing, joyful, enlightening, heartwarming, disappointing, energizing, frenetic, and peaceful – sometimes… Read More