I am a city girl with a black thumb. I do not grow things. Fruit is purchased at the supermarket and brought home. I do not like to get my hands dirty. This year, my one-word focus is “fruitilicious.” My desire to is to live a fruitful life for God, but He is teaching me…
He’d been sitting out there for hours. We’d been sailing through the Inner Passage in Alaska for 13 days. On day 14, my husband disappeared onto the balcony with his binoculars and never came inside. I visited him a couple of times… with my winter coat on. I did not find the chill inviting, so…
He pulled it out and tossed it in the garbage. The colorful Bird of Paradise plant in front of the house had become infested with ants. We had not noticed, but our landlord did. He got on his hands and knees and pulled out the corrupted plant, its beauty destroyed by a silent invader. In…
“Most of the things we need to be most fully alive never come in busyness. They grow in rest.” Mark Buchanan, The Holy Wild: Trusting in the Character of God … I am taking a much needed Sabbatical and will be off-line for a few days…. Photo Credit: Fabio Pusterla
Last week, my husband planned a getaway for my birthday. Growing up, my family always enjoyed long, lazy summer days at the ocean front. I have missed days like this since we got married because my man does not like to sweat. Out of love, he booked a hotel on the water, purchased a pair…