Great of Heart and Soul

You are the boy of heart and soul. A child with such gusto and strength, it seems as if nothing is too much for you. You tackle it all head on with skill, determination, and zeal.  Even at your young age, you push when everyone else would give up. You’re independent and curious, determined and … Continue reading Great of Heart and Soul

Women of Wisdom

It started with six women. Six of us sitting around a table, right after the lockdowns had ended. We were all starved for connection, and the needs around us were great. So many churches were still not meeting. Small groups had dissolved over night, and many women had no community of faith around them. It … Continue reading Women of Wisdom

Pure as the Driven Snow

A Blessing for Asher You started out a bundle of bronze flesh, pearly bone set in a babe, birthed into a world full of pain-- tears and heartache my fate. Worry and bitterness crept into kill me, took all my pride, my reason for living. Why did this happen to me? And now why a … Continue reading Pure as the Driven Snow

The Family Prophecies

I wake and the words are there, hanging in the dark, filling the liminal space between rest and rise. I etch them out, fragments and syllables, hovering above the pages they will soon be apart of. But here in the bleak morning light, they sit, unfinished and raw, in the corners of my mind, or … Continue reading The Family Prophecies

The Gaping Holes in the American Church: Part 2-Discipling Biblical Literacy

*This post is part 2 in an ongoing series. To read the first post, click here. I will never forget the time I sat in a Bible study and the leader asked us to open up to the Song of Songs. A woman in the group who was highly regarded within the church proceeded to … Continue reading The Gaping Holes in the American Church: Part 2-Discipling Biblical Literacy