TW/CW: rape and miscarriage. I think it’s time to be honest. Disclaimer: If you don’t want to read an opinion on the overturning of …
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the wonder of being embraced
I'm a white-knuckled girl, and always have been. I grip my way through life, holding onto whatever I can for dear life—as if the holding is …
Memories {link-up at velvet ashes: the grove}
What echoes have you heard in the silence? This is the question the Velvet Ashes' Grove’s blog post begins with this week: pretty words …
Lent is: living.
I woke up while it was still dark this morning, my body refusing to return to sleep, twisting, turning from one side to the other, pulsing …
Lent is: failing.
It’s Holy Saturday.I’m keeping my room dark, my curtains drawn, this morning. To remember the darkness, the darkness of this day so long …
Lent is: hoping.
How do you stay hopeful? a friend asked me this week.The question caught me off guard at first, wondering if I truly was hoping through a …
Lent is: admitting need.
Oh how I need youto refresh me:body-soul-spirit.Apart from youI’m nothing:a disciple-discontent.Sad and downcastSlow to learn:slower still …
Lent is: leaning in.
The early-sun stills my heart to sit,this “making room” leftover from Advent, is now giving birth to Lent—a new season to contemplate …
His faithfulness is all we need.
After a heavy-handed fight with a deep dose of guilt—and the gift of a timely, encouraging word from a friend about God being faithful to …