Advent, Week Four: Is Love Enough?
“Now these three remain: faith, hope, and love—but the greatest of these is love.” - 1 Corinthians 13:13, CSB Over the last few weeks, we’ve been on...
Advent, Week Three: Is Joy Necessary?
"Rejoice in the Lord always. I will say it again: Rejoice! Let your gentleness be evident to all. The Lord is near." - Philippians 4:4-5 “It’s the...
Advent, Week Two: Is Peace Possible?
"Peace I leave with you. My peace I give to you. I do not give to you as the world gives. Don’t let your heart be troubled or fearful." – John...
Advent, Week One: Is Hope Naive?
We have this hope as an anchor for the soul, firm and secure. It enters the inner sanctuary behind the curtain. Jesus has entered there on our...
A New Thing
This past January, I sent out a New Year's card because a Christmas card just didn't come together in time. My sister got married in early December,...
The Days Are Long
Recently I had a dream about two teenager boys at the beach (stay with me, I know that was a weird intro). We were at the Outer Banks where my...
Shepherd’s story
This Mother’s Day feels different because I am not the same mom I was last year. On December 17, our second son Shepherd was born. We named him...
Mother’s Day 2023; The Gift of Unmet Expectations
“It’s definitely a boy!” These are the words the ultrasound technician confidently said as my husband and I looked at each other, eyes wide. I was...
Easter 2023 – The cost of the crowd
I’ve read the Easter story so many times that it’s easy to glaze over it at this point, even though it’s one of the most incredible stories in the...
Waiting for spring
In typical North Carolina fashion, we had a warm February that caused many of the trees and flowers in my yard and neighborhood to bloom early....
Brave in the small things
My word for the year is brave. I once had someone say to me that I was a brave person when it came to the big things – as in, I would pack up...
When Christmas isn’t what you pictured
Our Christmas looks different than planned. Thanks to a string of seemingly never-ending illnesses and now unusually cold temperatures, our holiday...