If you want to get warm you must stand near the fire: if you want to be wet you must get into the water. If you want joy, power, peace, eternal life, you must get close to, or even into, the thing that has them.| C.S. Lewis This week, a hundred or so of my
“For how do you know, wife, whether you will save your husband?” 1 Cor 7:16 We’re nearing two decades of walking through life together. Like all marriages, this one has had a multitude of ups and downs, highs and lows, heartaches and celebrations. Never really knowing what we were doing (do we even know, now?), we
Last night I put my hand to my heart. I don’t know why it landed there but after a deep breath or two, I felt its beat and was startled with wonder. There is an actual heart beating life through this body. This was the first year I have felt fully alive, fully present, fully
When I first came to Jesus, I remember having a conversation with my friend about how to teach children the art of gratitude; the discipline and obedience and joy found in “eucharisteo”. She told me, “go for a walk and point out everything. Teach them to say ‘thank you for the butterflies and the flowers
For my 36th birthday I was gifted a journaling bible. Ever since, my quiet time has taken on a new look, new peace, new fresh ideas. Art-journaling in my bible has become such a gift to me. Spending the time to slow down and sink in to the word of God and allowing artful worship
It’s the Monday before Christmas. The sun is hiding behind the clouds and the house is quiet. I love mornings like these: still, quiet, cozy. But I know what’s coming…the list. The list of last minute things that need to be purchased or wrapped or cleaned or baked. But this morning, I’ll take all of
I’m mad…Scratch that. I’m indifferent. Which is…worse, I think. My heart is fighting with my brain. The devil is fighting with my Spirit. If at first I was angry, indifference has now settled in and is trying to spread out of the corners and into my core. And how hard it is for me to
Story has become extremely important to me over the last year and a half. I believe it started when my work (photographing families) became less of what it was that I loved about it in the first place. I wanted the images I create to represent the love and promise that we have for each
This, the last day of our work here in Costa Rica, was an amazing day. We played soccer, held another clinic, met new friends, and helped give a community clear fresh water. Amazing. From the coastal hotel where we stayed, we ventured up into the mountains of the Talamanca region. At the base of the