An Advent Journey: When God Became Small – Day Five

Psalm 79, NLT  O God, your land has been conquered by the heathen nations. Your Temple is defiled, and Jerusalem is a heap of ruins.  The bodies of your people lie exposed—food for birds and … Read more...

An Advent Journey: When God Became Small – Day Four, First Sunday

1 Corinthians 1:3-9, NRSV Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. I give thanks to my God always for you because of the grace of God that has been given you in … Read more...

An Advent Journey: When God Became Small – Day Three

Matthew 24:15-31, The New Living (TLB) “So, when you see the horrible thing (told about by Daniel the prophet) standing in a holy place (Note to the reader: You know what is meant!), then those in … Read more...

An Advent Journey: When God Became Small — Day Two

1 Thessalonians 4:1-18, The Message One final word, friends. We ask you—urge is more like it—that you keep on doing what we told you to do to please God, not in a dogged religious plod, but in a … Read more...

An Advent Journey: When God Became Small — Day One

Happy Thanksgiving, dear friends. It's been quiet around here for a while; there have been very few words available to me for some reason. But as has been my custom, I am doing a daily Advent … Read more...

Wait and See . . . A Deeper Story

I'm writing at A Deeper Story today, talking about waiting - and why it's important. But also why it's dang hard. You can start here and then click over to read the rest . . . The house is quiet … Read more...

We Are What We Do — SheLoves

              I'm over at SheLoves today, with a small story celebrating how well my parents did marriage. You can begin the piece here and then … Read more...

Designed for Work: The High Calling Synchro Blog

There are seasons in life, I am learning. And sometimes the rougher seasons are the very ones in which the work we do can be a source of inspiration and solace, a place of ministry and renewal. The … Read more...

31 Days of Looking for the Little: Remembering

As this 31-Day Challenge draws to its close, it seems fitting to go back to where we began: with a picture of my littlest grandgirl's shoes. They're not resting on our warm wooden floors in this … Read more...