*Subscribers: I apologize for the glitch this morning with the emails. This version has the links to the post:) Thanks for trusting me with your inbox, and thanks for reading! After the family funeral, one of the older women approached me in the buffet line between scooping spoons of mac and ... Read More about The Significance of a Sister Circle
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One Word 2017: Artist
"I believe that each work of art, whether it is a work of great genius or something very small, comes to the artist and says, " Here I am. Enflesh me. Give birth to me." And the artist either says, "My soul doth magnify the Lord," and willingly becomes the bearer of the work, or refuses..." ... Read More about One Word 2017: Artist
The Art of Catch and Release
I watched him from the kitchen window as I washed the dishes. He bent his blond head over the purple riot of echinacea and moved a cupped hand slowly over a single bloom. He pulled his hands to his face and discovered they were empty, just as the object of his affection fluttered to another part of ... Read More about The Art of Catch and Release
When Life Turns Out Differently Than You Planned
Twelve years ago, I stood on the precipice of a decision that would shape the future of my family. Staring into the chasm between what I desired and what God desired for me, I wondered which ledge would hold my weight, or if I'd find myself lost, falling in the echo chamber in the center. Our family ... Read More about When Life Turns Out Differently Than You Planned
Better Together: On Self-Reliance and Asking for Help
"When Moses' hands grew tired, they took a stone and put it under him and he sat on it. Aaron and Hur held his hands up--one on one side, one on the other--so that his hands remained steady till sunset." Exodus 17:12 I'm a sucker for online personality quizzes. I took one recently with less than ... Read More about Better Together: On Self-Reliance and Asking for Help