a second valentine’s day post. read the first one (from 2021) here. Her voice came through with words on a grainy video screen, so familiar, an echo through time and space, years after my own words ran dry with the same emotion. “I’m just tired of hoping,” my friend said, reflecting on her singleness and […]
on letting go
“Are you willing to let the leaves fall?” This year-old Insta post struck a nerve with me, as we once again turned seasons and as I turned towards the unknown, the future. My husband and I are both learning to let go, in different way. For him, he’s letting go of decades of work to […]
a steadfast spirit.
This is a bit of a strange first post of the new year, but it is a glimpse into the fact that this year, at its core, is really the same kind of year as last year and next year, too–it’s simply another framework of time and minutes, season and moments, gathered together by the […]
How then shall we live?
reflections in Ezekiel 33-34. The last time the Lord called Ezekiel a watchman over the house of Israel was when He called him: when the Lord set him on his feet, set His Spirit in his bones, and said, “Speak what I say to you, no matter what they hear or refuse to hear.” He […]
one year later.
Tomorrow. Tomorrow marks one year since the travel day to end all travel days: the day I began my journey back to this place, wide-eye & expectant, swallowing fast the tears that came in greater waves than I imagined they would, on that first flight to Newark and then again as I watched Inside Out […]
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 […]