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Lenten Reflections (Part Two): “Where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.”
I’ve taken a picture of each of my kids every day of their lives. Most days I’ve taken far more than one picture, and some days I’m scrambling to grab a single ...
Lenten Reflections (Part One)
Yesterday was Ash Wednesday, the Christian holy day that marks the start of the 40-day season of Lent. Perhaps you are very much aware of yesterday’s significance because you celebrated the day ...
Featured Book Review: A Shepherd Looks at Psalm 23
One of my favorite ways to reflect on and embrace my One Word for each year is through books. My Word for 2025 is Shepherd, and I kicked off my Shepherd-related reading ...
Looking for God and Redefining Love (A different kind of Valentine’s Day post.)
I sometimes wonder why God doesn’t make Himself more obvious. It’s not that He hasn’t done quite a bit of that already: creation testifies to His existence; Scripture proclaims His deity; amd ...
Walking With the Good Shepherd in 2025
Growing up in a small family, the holidays were always quiet affairs. I loved our intimate gatherings and relished my role as one of just two kids at every celebration (though I ...
She Treasured Up All These Things and Pondered Them In Her Heart
Moonlight steamed through the window, casting a frosty glow across the patchwork bedspread tucked tightly around my twelve-year-old frame. Downstairs our grandfather clock sang out eleven hearty gongs, and I could hear ...
A Sprinkling of Love and Beauty
I’ve been spending a lot of time in Psalm 23 lately. You’re likely familiar with this passage that is a mainstay at funerals (and movies featuring funerals). In this quintessential psalm, the ...
Quotable || An Unknown Future . . . And Signing Off (for now)!
“Never be afraid to trust an unknown future to a known God.” ~ Corrie ten Boom This quote, from one of my heroes, seemed a fitting final message before I step away ...
Quotable || Faith & Home
“Faith is the radical trust that home has always been there and always will be there.” ~ Henri Nouwen ...