Posts from 2019

For me to even dare to stand before you, I have to remember who I am. I am a child of God, of Jesus, the Christ, the one true King. In Him I can do all the things He asks me to do. My focus today is on the phrase, “I have been set free.” First let me describe myself from a former time. I have a mental picture of a dog who’s always afraid it’s going to be reprimanded…

What do a broken arm, a tree along the North Shore, and the French Resistance during World War II have in common?  That is actually not a joke and there is not a punchline coming—these are all things that the Lord used over my summer to prepare me for what the fall would bring. In early July, I went for a Sunday morning bike ride to the farmer’s market and then through one of my favorites places to ride in…

Last August, my husband and I reveled in two quiet weeks away from the hubbub of our busy household and the pressures of work at a secluded and beautiful farm.  There was time for walking, napping, talking and reading.  It was glorious.  But In the midst of this idyllic getaway, I started to notice little thoughts of worry regularly popping up, such as, if my husband was gone on an errand that I thought would take 30 minutes, but 35 minutes had passed,…

God created us to live in securely bonded relationships and families.  We are conceived in relationship, and we grow and develop in relationship.  When we experience relational disconnection and separation, or rupture, we feel emotional pain. This pain (or its side effects) is there to let us know something is wrong — in the present, or in the past. God can use this pain, and our desire to find healing, to lead us closer to him and to others. And even…

Several years ago I was contemplating renovating my kitchen and having a hard time with the thought of change.  I sat down with a designer to put a sample computer-generated remodel together and I didn’t like what she wanted to do, at all.  It didn’t make any sense for my space and for some reason, it actually brought me to tears.  Later that afternoon, I was at church and somewhere in the midst of the worship, sensed that the Lord…