Moving is a pain in the derriere. Every time we move, regardless of whether it’s just across the park or across states, it takes months out of my life. In our latest move from the rich suburbs of the Silicon Valley to the small confines of a depressed mining town, once again I grieve months of [...]
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I can’t believe we are one week out from moving to Globe. I feel mixed, like cake batter. A cup of grief, three teaspoons of anticipation, and a dash of joy. But mostly, I feel dazed. I feel like someone pushed the fast forward button, and I can’t keep up with it all. Times with good [...] What does it mean to be a woman? Much ink has been spilled in answer to this question. During my seminary years, I spent a lot of time reading up on what evangelical Christians in particular had to say concerning women. Interestingly, the question at this time had much less to do with identity [...] We were spending time in front of the Christmas tree a few nights ago with the kids, and we asked them what gift Jesus would like from them for his birthday. You can picture three cherubs, calmly reposing with quiet meditation written across their faces. But that would be a Hallmark card and not [...] One of my spiritual fathers was recently teaching me about the importance of severe self-examination in spiritual development. He soon came to know that I am WAY too versed in the art of severe self-examination, emphasis on “severe.” I have a history of being a brow-beater. I don’t know who coined that phrase, but it [...] As a young warrior, a young(ish) woman of God (1 John 2:12-14), I am still giving an inordinate amount of focus on how I am going to use my gifts and what I am going to accomplish for God’s Kingdom. And so I’ve been deeply convicted and impressed by my meditations on love in 1 Corinthians 13. ”If [...] Before we entered the prayer labyrinth, I asked the boys to listen to the Lord about the topic of their prayer journey. Immediately, I knew that the Lord was going to talk to me about faith. The subject of faith had been weighing on my heart for the last few months, but especially quite [...] Last week we took our boys to a beautiful prayer labyrinth at The Mercy Center in Burlingame, CA. It was a holy time. And the Lord spoke much to us through the process of walking the labyrinth itself. The message can be summed up as follows: “Long is the road ahead, but step by step [...] Around Easter I was struck by Mary Magdalene and her encounter with Jesus, the resurrected Christ. The funny thing about this encounter is that I don’t think she really understood what was going on and what the resurrection meant about Jesus’ identity as the Messiah, the Risen Christ, the Almighty Son of God. Maybe [...] It’s strange realizing that my own self-image is so different from God’s image of me. That still surprises me a lot and fills me with wonder and gratitude. Especially when the Lord breaks through and speaks to me about it in new ways. Like a few weeks ago, I had a very vivid dream. [...] |
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