Each year for the last 8 years, I’ve prayed about and had a word or phrase for the upcoming year. It’s usually not until the end of that next year, that the word(s) make sense. So, when I felt like the phrase for 2020 was “hidden no more,” I was excited and nervous, not knowing... Continue Reading →
Suffering and Scars
https://youtu.be/FkwFHkrWUo4 God’s presence in the midst of suffering gives us hope in days to come. What we see is someone’s journey is not always the full story, and even the seemingly unscathed life is filled with scars. When we don’t have answers for why pain occurs in our lives or in the lives of our... Continue Reading →
Hope
As written for the Life in Practice Blog. When we think about hope, it can feel like this intangible figment of our imagination that is sometimes hard to grasp. Where does hope come from, and what’s the point of hoping when things look so bleak and unchanging? The dictionary defines hope as “a feeling of... Continue Reading →
Covid Observations
Many of you don’t know this, but I have now known 10 people who have or had covid, including 7 people close to me that got it 2 weeks ago. I have seen and learned a lot these past few weeks, and wanted to share some things. Almost 160,000 people in the United States alone... Continue Reading →