Many of us have had the playground experience of being chosen last or nearly last. What a blow to a child’s developing self-worth. The subtle message is “I-don’t-really-want-you-but-I-have-to-take-you-anyway-because-it’s-the-rules.” That hurt can last, coloring life with the pain. And it can’t be pretended away. But here is the good news. God chose you – first! You…
Category: A Faith in Process
Notes from the Journey
You are Blessed!
Matthew 5:3-9 The Message 3 “You’re blessed when you’re at the end of your rope. With less of you there is more of God and his rule. 4 “You’re blessed when you feel you’ve lost what is most dear to you. Only then can you be embraced by the One most dear to you. 5 “You’re blessed when…
You are Amazing!
There’s an amazing person I want to make sure you don’t miss truly meeting. The one and only glorious you that you look at each day in the mirror . . . full of the most interesting experiences, delightful quirks, honest hurt, inspiring resilience, hilarious family oddities, and absolutely astonishing reflections of our heavenly Father….
The 1st Gift
I don’t know your backstory. I don’t know much about your childhood or your journey up until now. But I do know this. You are alive because God wants you alive. You saw me before I was born. Every day of my life was recorded in your book.Every moment was laid out before a single day had…
On Your Mark, Get Set …
SHOP! What happened? Just one day after a feast celebrating all we have been given, we charge into a buying frenzy for things we “want” or “need.” What changed? Our focus. Turns out that having enough isn’t enough. And sometimes “more” isn’t enough either. Anyone might think that Christmas is about stuff. But is it?…
From the Minds of Children
The face of a child can say it all, especially the mouth part of the face. Unknown ****** My 2-year-old son called charcoal briquets “barbe-cubes.” ****** My 3-year-old was fascinated with numbers – and breathtakingly good at math. Watching him one day my friend, said, “Oh, J-! What are you going to be?” J- replied,…
Living Our Gratitude
Happy Thanksgiving!
“The root of joy is gratefulness…It is not joy that makes us grateful; it is gratitude that makes us joyful.”Brother David Steindl-Rast O God, we thank you for this earth, our home; for the wide sky and the blessed sun, for the salt sea and the running water, for the everlasting hills and the never-resting…
“Let All Things Now Living”
Some of us are not going to get out of the kitchen today – or tomorrow! This song has been playing in my head for the past few days and I wanted to share it with you.
Grateful, Thankful, Blessed
Thanksgiving is a time of gratitude to God, our Creator and Provider, whose guidance and care go before us, and whose love is with us forever. Thanksgiving is a time to reflect on the changes, to remember that we, too, grow and change from one season of life to another. Thanksgiving is a time of…