A Stunning Love
“I will come to you and fulfill my gracious promise to bring you back to this place. For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the LORD, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future. Then you will call upon me and come and […]
Good Friday—Our Hope
Reflecting on what Jesus did on this day brings me to a still, quiet place of awe and gratefulness. I can’t fathom His suffering, His love, His utter determination to not leave us as broken orphans in a broken world. He chose to heal us with his life—and death. His choice cost him everything. We […]
Some Thoughts on Thankfulness
No pretty photos today. No eye candy. Just some black and white reality, I do believe. There’s a Facebook trend I’ve seen lately. People are taking the challenge to spend time naming three things they are thankful for each day for five days. When they post their thanks, they nominate three other people, challenging them […]
No Narrow Mercies
Leslie Leyland Fields is a direct and quick answer to my specific prayer this time last spring. I was stuck. I felt a strong call to write more than a blog but I needed help. Miraculously, I found Leslie. Since then, I’ve read her books and columns, spent a week on her Alaskan fish camp island improving my writing skills, and am still learning […]