Over the coming weeks, I am going to post every Monday morning tips for healing. I find I am having to do the work myself to recover my hope and nurse my grief. When I feel tender, I lean into prayer, scripture, music, nature, writing, and cooking for friends and
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I think we are all asking the question: Where do we go from here? It's the same question Jesus' closest friends must have asked themselves after Jesus was gone. In the midst of their painful grief, uncertainty about the world and genuine fear, Jesus' inner circle dug deep for the
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This has been one of the hardest weeks of my life. My soul has been shaken. I have gone to the edge of despair and I know three things: Love is stronger than evil. God is with us. If you look for hope, God promises, even in the dark dark,
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If we are not careful, this world will break our hearts. We are overwhelmed by negative news. An uneasiness about the state of our present reality is warranted. For my spiritual center to hold, I need to believe there is more good than evil, more beauty than ugliness, more kindness
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I am in a season where I feel there are not enough hours in the day to transfer from my heart to God's everything I long for, worry about, and I am thankful for. I confess there have been times in my life that God was the last place I
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Writing for a funeral always brings me to that uncomfortable edge. I find myself asking yet again what I know to be true. Is there a molecule of truth in the uncertain and unfair that I can hang on to, that I can pass on to a heartbroken world? My
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