Releasing the Knowing
To live the life of faith, one must release the human compulsion to know, to figure it all out, to select the most secure path, step-by-step. To know how life […]
Tag Archives: life
The Pensive Life
I used to be a high-powered extrovert—ministry wife, public speaker, crowd lover. Then my life drastically changed—divorcee, single parent, college student. The pursuit of popularity diminished in importance as my […]
Tenacity: The Power to Push Through
Tenacity: resolve, persistence, determination. I’ve been thinking a lot about tenacity lately: When I found myself covered in mud while digging out gravel and dirt to find a sprinkler valve […]
The Wonders of Gardening
There are things inside of me that can only be worked out in the dirt. Yes, gardening settles my soul and silences my mental chatter. A welcome respite to be […]
Create and Live Imperfectly…thoughts on Self-publishing, Marriage, and Life
How fitting that I begin a new writing journal on my 9-year anniversary. This day also marks the completion of the preliminary book section submissions to Createspace. I’ve completed all […]
Rest
“There is a rest for the people of God.” I’ve spent seasons of my life working feverishly towards goals…establishing ministries, building businesses, acquiring educational degrees. Yet this season is different. […]
Gardening and my Incorrigible Soul
Incorrigible: . Firmly rooted; ineradicable: incorrigible faults. . Difficult or impossible to control or manage: an incorrigible, spoiled child. American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition http://www.wordnik.com/words/incorrigible Have […]
Deferred Dreams
“Hope deferred makes the heart sick, but desire fulfilled is a tree of life.” –Proverbs 13:11-13 My blogging friend, Slam Dunks, hit one out of the park with his latest […]
“If” by Rudyard Kipling: A Guide for Living and Relating
When my son approached manhood, I gave him Rudyard Kipling’s poem “If.” No other poem seemed to say all that my mother’s heart felt needed saying in order to prepare […]
