Creating a Scripture Study Legacy
This past summer, I shifted my approach to studying scripture on an extremely practical level in hopes of finding a way to capture my engagement with a specific...
Category: journaling
Lost and Found
For many followers of Jesus, today is the Feast of Mary. Rarely do I find stories that do her justice, but this one, a meditation on Jesus gone missing b...
Hidden Abundance
In both Anne of Avonlea and Little Women there are similar scenes I find beautiful: the poignant moments Anne and Jo decide to write about what they love. Sitti...
Answered Prayers
Mondays are for counting thanks to 1000 and beyond… While I love Seattle, I need to get out of the city every so often to a place with more grass than con...
Lectio Divina: A practice for when you’re surprised by life
Walking up the hill, I came to a corner cottage with a second lot as its backyard. I found myself frozen in wonder, standing on the sidewalk, looking at a matur...
Friday Florilegium
Feeling scattered these past weeks–where did February go?–I decided to collect all the threads and projects of my life into one notebook. If I’...
Friday Florilegium
As the birds build nests, as the furry catkins bud on the willow, new bright green leaves open in the sunniest places, and cherry blossoms begin to pink-tinge t...
Un-resolutions
Toward the end of the year, I start to reread my journals from past Decembers and Januaries–comparing what I was thinking and feeling then with life now. ...
Stories
Sun is streaming through the windows as I wait for the first hummingbird to taste test the new batch of sugar syrup. Earlier, I watched as one by one they hover...