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“I would maintain that thanks are the highest form of thought, and that gratitude is happiness doubled by wonder.” G.K. Chesterton It’s...

Send me your light and faithful care, let them lead me" Psalm 43:3 “I learned something important from my puppy,” a woman told me earlier...

“We all have the possibility, that potential and that promise of seeing beyond the seeming." Maya Angelou I recently had the opportunity...

gather - to come together: assemble; to bring together and take in from scattered places or sources* The word gather is popping up in...

I heard something earlier this week that I have been carrying with me, "Problems come and go. God’s promises come and stay.”* Isn’t that...

Most of us know the feeling of being alone. We all long to belong. We all want to be seen and supported. We all want to be connected with...

"When we are not afraid to enter into our own center and to concentrate on the stirrings of our own soul, we come to know that being...

“Wisdom, after all, is not a station you arrive at, but a means of traveling.” Sue Monk Kidd As we grow in self awareness we become more...

“It takes courage to grow up and become who you truly are.“ e.e. cummings What is that makes you, you? I am fascinated by the mystery of...

I was recently coming home from a walk when I noticed a family standing on their driveway off in the distance. As I approached, a little...

“You’re braver than you believe, stronger than you seem, and smarter than you think.” A.A. Milne I have always been intrigued by the...

“It’s not what you look at that matters, it’s what you see.” Henry David Thoreau I was outside near a park enjoying the sunshine when a...

The word that has been coming to me this week is hope. We all have hopes. Hopes for our children, our family, our friends, the world and...

I am often struck by the way things turn out differently than we imagine. I remember hearing a remarkable story from Alaska. A local...

“We must be willing to let go of the life we planned, so as to have the life that is waiting for us.” Joseph Campbell When I was pregnant...

Can you point to a particular profession that was passed down from one generation to the next in your family? Five hundred years ago that...

“Satisfy us in the morning with your steadfast love that we may rejoice and be glad all our days. “ Psalm 90:14 There’s something about...

We are on the doorstep of summer. I have always been a bit of a reluctant summer planner. I don’t like to feel locked in or like I am so...

"Give me the courage to live! Really live" Howard Thurman I had two surprising things happen to me yesterday. First, someone shook my...

“In commencement addresses people admonish us: take risks. Be willing to fail… We do want people to take risks, to strive for difficult...

When our children were very small I reached out to a neighbor for help with something. I still remember her response, “I would be happy...

How do you take the reality of Easter and make it real in your own life? Matthew tells us what the women did when they discovered that...

The moist and cool soil felt alive as I ran my fingers through it. I dug up a mum that had provided an interesting dome under the snow...

After Jesus died on the cross and had been buried for three days, stories began to circulate that his tomb was empty. Some reported that...