I will rescue you from your people and from the Gentiles—to whom I am sending you 18 to open their eyes so that they may turn from darkness to light and from the power of Satan to God, so that they may receive forgiveness of sins and a place among those who are sanctified by faith in […]
Sacred Connections
Why I Can Start Stepping Out of Boxes
Currently, I am living in boxes. Not for any legitimate reason. I do not need them for physical protection. My zeal for imagination did not take me back to my childhood. I’ve written about how my friends and I transformed a refrigerator box into an infinite number of purposes and places. Living out of those […]
Why Releasing Our Children to New Places Reminds us of Our Purpose
A few weeks ago, we took our youngest child to college. I confess I started counting down the weeks to that moment even as the summer days appeared endless. This transitional season brought with it plenty of questions and grief for me. While I knew my son’s new place of residence was where God wanted […]
Why I am Grateful For Watching My Son Grow Independent
He drops me off by the door of the hospital. I have lost track of how many times. This season reveals a reversal of roles for my eighteen year old son and I that neither of us anticipated. However, we are learning to navigate through it. The last eighteen years have been filled with intentional […]
Learning to Cling to God in the Midst of Paradox
Mysteries appear intriguing, even fun. Unless you are in the middle of one. I am not talking about the everyday mysteries that interrupt our days. Lost socks, misplaced cash, or bills can be annoying. There is something unsettling about not being in control. Some people can let the trivial unexplainable things roll off their backs […]
How God Intercedes in Fearful Moments With Good
Fear threatens to prevail. The glimpse of something out of our comfort zones grows as the image seems to be scrutinized closer. Like looking close up at an everyday object under a microscope. It looks scary. Three weeks ago, I faced another surgery to fix more broken parts of my body. Almost a month ago, […]
