Words & Insights From the Heart
I have spent too much life hiding from would-be community. When I hide, I rob myself of connection and inadvertently disrupt the working of the Holy Spirit. Yikes! That is not what I want to do. Life works better when I remember to let others in. We get weary, don’t we? Life hurls hurt like
Why are we so afraid of scarcity when we have theoretical barns full of renewable soft currencies to spend? Money remains our most familiar currency, but what about our time and talents? We spend those too each and every day. I originally wrote this post 2 years ago. The idea sprung from an odd thing
The women in my family do hard things. The candles on my aunt’s birthday cake are inching toward a number that begins with 7. This week we went on an adventure together. As I watched her put one foot in front of another, I thought – She still climbs mountains. Her tenacity inspired me. Do
Do you keep items around you that remind you of special people and places? The ceramic cat at the entrance to my bedroom belonged to my grandmother. Nothing extraordinary sticks out about the dirty patchwork cat. To me, though, it is invaluable. Sacred memories dance around it. A simple glance can transport me back in
I have a shelf full of yearbooks representing most of my years in school. I remember fondly the excitement of yearbook day. We celebrated the opportunity to collect signatures. Each year, I got a fresh set of acronyms and well wishes. LYLAS (love you like a sister). Stay Sweet. I hope we are in the