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A Consuming Fire...

In recent days I started a new pen and ink drawing. A photo had been given to me during the final clean out of the old Hatfield building ...

Encounter Retreats

The New Year is an opportunity to look back and look forward. With the slower pace of winter, and especially in this ongoing season of pa...

Glimpse of Glory

My daughter, Michaella, and I enjoy the super hero movies: Wonder Woman, Black Panther, Captain America, and more. There is something glo...

Tenacious Hope

Crunch. Immediate tears. No coherent thoughts… just sobs of overwhelming emotion as the stress, fear, grief, and even hope, collided with...

Encounter: Engaging God with an Open Heart

Encounter is an invitation to engage God with an open heart. God pursues our hearts, and we respond: it is a sacred encounter. We open to...

Holding on to Hope

This weekend we celebrated Thanksgiving. We intentionally paused to name our gratitude. This year many of us will offer our thankfulness ...

God is Faithful

As I sat with God a few weeks ago, just listening, I was reminded of a simple truth. I was seated on my floor with my white acrylic paint...

Nourishing?

This is a season unlike any other—we know it and we feel it. Our rhythms have been disrupted: rhythms for worship, connection, communicat...

Feeling Stuck?

A few days ago Stormi, our kitten, was romping around our room: exploring under the bed, messing with a pile of clean laundry, climbing t...

Storms Come

We all encounter storms in the course of a lifetime. Our nation faces crisis and storms on multiple fronts today: the virus, the politica...

Encounter

Encounter is an invitation to engage God with an open heart. God pursues our hearts, and we respond: it is a sacred encounter. We open to...

Good Enough?

This summer I am working on a devotional book with art and Scriptures (see below). This is a project that stirs joy and energy—it is good...

Praying the Masquerade

Recently the question was asked of someone close to me "Do you feel you have to wear a mask?" The question had nothing to do with the pan...

Fierce Trust

The master craftsman prepares the clay. Pounded and pressed. Kneaded and pounded. The lump of unformed clay is placed on the wheel and se...

Stressed Vines

How are you these days? A friend posted a question on Facebook a couple days ago: How many of you have ugly cried in the last four weeks?...

Treasures in the Darkness

Today we continue to move through a global crisis of pandemic that remains local as well. Hard questions have surfaced regarding sufferin...

Fierce Adoration

As a classic introvert I never wanted to speak up front as a child or a teen. As a mom I am rather fascinated by my girls willingness to ...

Creativity and Courage Emerge

As we experience the tension of hope and creativity against the sadness and grief of suffering we feel the weightiness these days. We sen...

A Sacred Delay: Friends Trusted with Suffering

We are in the season of Lent. Have you seen the post on Facebook with that dry humor addressing the realities of social distancing requir...

Navigating Uncertainty...

There are times when uncertainty seems to increase exponentially and our ability to maintain control diminishes. We sense the path before...

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