“Jesus said, ‘Daughter, you took a risk trusting me, and now you’re healed and whole. Live well, live blessed!’” -Luke 8:48 With the setting sun as backdrop, I gathered with my book club. Over brie and chocolate dipped cherries, we shared about what we had read throughout the summer, offering recommendations and adding to ourContinue reading “Comfort: The Courage to Seek (Luke 8:48)”
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Joy: Receiving Grace (2 Corinthians 7-9)
“No danger then of walking around high and mighty! At first I didn’t think of it as a gift, and begged God to remove it. Three times I did that, and then God told me, ‘My grace is enough; it’s all you need.My strength comes into its own in your weakness.’” –2 Corinthians 7-9, TheContinue reading “Joy: Receiving Grace (2 Corinthians 7-9)”
Comfort: Chaos and Creativity (Genesis 1:4-5)
“God saw that light was good and separated light from dark. God named the light Day, God named the dark Night. It was evening, it was morning—Day One.” -Genesis 1:4-5 From the very beginning of time separation and limits, change and rhythm are part of the design. The opening lines of scripture describe our CreatorContinue reading “Comfort: Chaos and Creativity (Genesis 1:4-5)”
Practice of Joy: Resting our Body
“I bless the Lord who gives me counsel; in the night also my heart instructs me. I will keep the Lord always before me…Therefore, my heart is glad, and my soul rejoices; my body also rests secure.” -Psalm 16:7-9 In the Jewish tradition, Sabbath begins at sundown, and I have been drawn to this idea ofContinue reading “Practice of Joy: Resting our Body”
Practice of Joy: Embracing God’s Provision
“The Lord is my shepherd…he leads me beside still waters.” -Psalm 23:1-2 “Rest ruins our reputation for being superhuman,” writes Saundra Dalton-Smith in her book Sacred Rest. While many of us love the imagery of green pastures and still waters, rest usually is the thing that falls to the bottom of our list. The tyrannyContinue reading “Practice of Joy: Embracing God’s Provision”
Comfort: Rest is a Gift
“He will cover you with his pinions, and under his wings you will find refuge.” –Psalm 91:4 “It’s pretty pathetic when a day off for the colonoscopy prep and procedure feels like a vacation,” I nervously joked with three people surrounding my gurney as we waited for the doctor to arrive. Shivering and self consciousContinue reading “Comfort: Rest is a Gift”
Invitation to Rest
After the crush of Maycember (as those tied to the rhythms and intensity of the school schedule refer to it!), we find ourselves in June. Whether or not your schedule changes with the season, the longer stretches of daylight and warmer temperatures bring different demands and opportunities. On our farm, summertime brings additional chores. WhileContinue reading “Invitation to Rest”
Thank You!
We are so grateful to have journeyed through this Lenten season with you. Your comments, likes and shares mean so much to us. As we share our own wonder and wonderings with you, it is our prayer that our words and invitations nurture your soul. May you experience the nearness of God and notice theContinue reading “Thank You!”
Comfort: Lent Week 6 – Humility
“Keep us safe from ourselves and the Devil.” -Matthew 6:13 Lent begins with Jesus’ temptation in the wilderness. The forty days of testing are reflected in our forty days of fasting. The wilderness in its various forms ends up being a place of revealing. When we reach the end of our resources, we must faceContinue reading “Comfort: Lent Week 6 – Humility”
Joy: Lent Week 5 – The Practice of Forgiveness
“Keep us forgiven with you and forgiving others.…” -Matthew 6:12 Large scale or small, a daily discipline or miraculous moment of transformation, forgiveness plays out in many different ways in our lives. Living in relationship with others (family, community, church) means that we will have disagreements and conflict, hurt feelings and broken promises. Take someContinue reading “Joy: Lent Week 5 – The Practice of Forgiveness”
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