Disclaimer: I don’t write book reviews, but in recommitting to daily reading this year, to support my writing, I will occasionally write about the books that I’m enjoying here. Let me know if it’s something you want more of! A journey towards Jesus Last year, as politics became less about policies and more about power, […]
The Capitol Crowds & Compassion
This past weekend, in light of the crowds storming our nation’s Capitol, a Spiritual Director I follow, Rev. Summer Joy, issued this “hard and holy invitation” of compassion, even towards those at the capitol, to her weekend readers: As I meditated on these verses from Matthew: “When Jesus saw the crowds, he had compassion on […]
abiding is enough.
Excerpts from meditations on psalm 130: Four months ago, after brunching with friends old and new and opening up, perhaps for the first time, about what I was going through physically (I had just been to the ER a few days before), I went to church. Church in this season has been a safe place. […]
love the hills more
from December 2015– Most of [Jesus’] ministry was performed in the towns and cities by the seashore, but He loved the hills more and at nightfall would frequently seclude Himself in their peaceful heights. [In the same way], every life that desires to be strong must have its “Most Holy Place” (Ex. 26.33) into which […]
pink eye for the third time.
At first, I laughed. I hurt and I winced, eyes watering with pain—but mostly, I laughed. I laughed because this is the third time in one month that I’ve woken up with pink eye. It seems every time I come back from a group visit—every time I come back like the psalmist seeing the restoration […]
on having expectations again
Our disappointment causes us to guard our hearts and the hearts of those around us by lowering levels of expectation and, ultimately, faith. Until you get real with God about your disappointment, you will struggle to really believe the truth about who He is, and it will be difficult to live with expectations in your […]