Wrestling with God

Wrestling with God

Do you ever have sleepless nights? These may be times when your body aches to sleep and yet your mind races. Are those nights of anxiety, nights of planning for the next day, or possibly are they times of wrestling with God? I have wrestled with God. Even when I heard...
Identity Formation

Identity Formation

My grandchildren and I love to bake cookies! Some of the ingredients are the same, like flour, eggs, and sugar. While other ingredients are unique to the kind of cookie. These unique ingredients could possibly be cream cheese, peanut butter, chocolate chips or coffee....
Standing on Holy Ground

Standing on Holy Ground

Ah …, the beauty of going barefoot.  Standing on solid ground feeling the grass between your toes. Or maybe you remember being at the beach and the cool sand shifting under your weigh as it squished between the toes and the gentle waves lapped on your feet with the...
Intentionality and Choice!

Intentionality and Choice!

Are you ready? The big day is almost here. I know folks who wait all year for this moment. There are only a few hours now to wait, in fact the pregame shows will be coming on later this afternoon. The Super Bowl is almost a national unifying event so many people watch...
Fasting and Feasting

Fasting and Feasting

I love family gatherings. For me the cooking and preparation is part of the fun. I enjoy the anticipation of the time we will share together. But even more than that I delight in the moment when the family sits down to eat. It is truly with gusto that everyone, from...
Inside Out Living

Inside Out Living

The longer I live, the more certain I am.  I am certain that what’s on the inside of a person is what truly matters. The outside may look appealing, be alluring, or even challenging as we are invited to new experiences. But if we live on the surface of life...