He asked me, “How do you see grief”, in the quiet parking lot, in the same frozen spot where I have wrestled with Jesus. “I see grief, like a wave”, I shared… Lapping itself involuntarily upon your life. If you fight it, you’ll drown. When you ignore it, grief will carry you out to waters, drowning […]

The heat has really picked up. The shadows aren’t what they once were. Three digits, they say. The sun  doesn’t hold back weight. The sky doesn’t grace us with clouds, blocking the loud, painful rays, scorching the land below. And I have never seen a time, when everything hidden has so been revealed. When what once […]

Another morning, 5:00 a.m. Exhausted, eyes don’t know how to sleep. Our Newfie barks wildly at the world next door… And I want to remind him, just because it’s light outside, doesn’t mean the whole earth needs to waken. I’ve found my place lately. Not on the wave of turbulence, on the shores of uncertainty, or […]

Dawn wakes me with a gentle nudge. Calling, beckoning, leaning in close, of promises yet to come. It invites like a patient courter. Draws, like a love-sick warrior. I answer the call and rise to my feet. Legs trembling. Eyes piercing through the morning light by choice, not by fight. His mercies, I’m told are new […]

4:30 a.m. our large, black Newfie attacks the front door with a deep, demanding “woof”. I stumble down the stairs, stagger my way to the door handle, and slowly pull, as the light of my eyes meet morning, barely opening to the night. I follow him in the dark. Beccause strength is always worth following. Bravery, […]

A soft breeze dances through my open window. The sky, light ember, with the promise of a new day. Here, I wrap this quiet around me, the same quiet I used to run from, was once so afraid of. I tuck myself into its safety, serenity, brilliant promise that even in the quiet empty….He is here. […]