five minute friday

Scripture challenges us to ask: What defines a mother? In the account of Moses’s deliverance from death in the Nile, we find an account of three “mothers.” But it’s tempting to only see two. Sometimes we need to clean our implicit lens to have a closer view. A man from the family of Levi married […]

Epiphanies often happen when we recognize our placement in positions of limited power. Several years ago, I fell down the stairs. In an attempt to protect my wailing toddler who stood at the top, I attempted to carry him down to my bedroom. Unfortunately, in a surreal few seconds, I realized I missed a step. […]

Those one on one conversations can be intimidating. Especially when you are talking to yourself. Recently, I have been doing a lot of reflecting. Not surprisingly, I am approaching a new landscape in my life. My youngest child will enter college in the fall. That reality challenges me to ask myself what I anticipate on […]

As parents, we want “the best” for our children. The parenting journey consists of a path that involves an often zig zag trek forward as we stride the line between rescue and release. But what “the best” looks like may not be the same for every individual. Not even from the same family. All three […]

Although my camera captured the image, it remains etched in my mind. Standing in the parking lot as I prepared to leave my happy place, I gazed toward the beach scene below and across the way. The beauty of a late August sunset had emerged. Against the blue and orange watercolor-washed sky, I caught the […]