life
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An air conditioned life
We finally completed (or nearly completed) the deck on the back of our house. We put an addition on 4 years ago when my grandma came to live with us, and I’ve been…
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Rose colored glasses
A rose hue enveloped the world as the sun set last night. I grabbed a cup of watermelon kombucha and felt the Lord beckon me out to the newly finished deck. Admiring the sunset…
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The Power of Words
Written in March 2020 ———— The other night I could not sleep and felt panic gripping my body so I turned on some worship music. The clock on the stove read 3:13 and…
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Distractions
I sit and write amid trash and crumbs strewn across the table. One child is sedated by a show, one squirms on my lap and the others are outside, finally making their own…
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The ministry of the lake
Every time we go to the lake Brad brings a book along as if he’s going to have some magical time where he isn’t watching the kids to read. Sometimes I grab a…
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Devotion>Decency
Decency: behavior that conforms to accepted standards of morality or respectability Devotion: great love, affection, or admiration for someone Recently the Lord spoke to me the phrase “the decency is gone”. As I…
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Foggy sadness
The day is moving along but the fog outside has intensified. By nine it should be dissipating, driven away by the newness of the day and the sun shining bright. But today, this second…
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