Journeying Together

I love how Anne Lamotte says “Almost everything will work again if you unplug it for a few minutes, including you.” That’s why I chose this off-grid overnight for our family. Truth be told, we have been so “plugged in” and pummeled by the things of life that I forgot this was Labor Day weekend.…

What of this liminal space? Egypt behind me; the promised land beyond me… Sometimes I still long for the pseudo security of Egypt though it came with a price: A monkey trap of sorts, holding me powerless to leave What of this “outside looking in” experience? Will it ever be fully realized? As I surrender…

I’m so grateful for the artistic work of Jess at Salt and Gold as well as David Crowder. This song and these images have forever impacted my perspective on Holy Week. I pray this blesses you, too.

I remember when I first started writing this song… It was 2020 and we were in the middle of Covid. A friend and I banded together to try to salvage what would have been a challenging educational year for our kids. We were doing a homeschool unit on birds and she was taking a turn…

May I share an overview of my neighborhood and what has been unfolding since we moved here last June? I had just started the 18th annotation when we moved from the Boston area to Thomasville, NC. The house into which we moved is bigger than any house we have ever owned and it has a…

I love using the 1SE app to put together a Year in Review audio visual piece. The process of creating this is always a spiritual practice of sorts for me: it helps me to look backward in gratitude for all the joy and goodness we experienced over the past year. It also serves as a…

I often visualize peace as the absence of struggle, tension or conflict. Upon further reflection, however, (Hello, 3 am. Nothing like waking up after an angsty dream and not being able to fall back to sleep…), I think peace must be more practical than that. At the very least, I desperately hope there is more…