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Week 2

We were gone for a couple of days this weekend, so I had to catch up on Monday. Target: my closet, closet, closet, closet! The jewelry alone got me a weekend’s worth of #nostuffnovember. (Fist bump to all who got the tv reference above. Sorry, Pritchett’s.)

No Stuff November

Join my family and me for No Stuff November! By the time thanksgiving arrives, we are going to get rid of 630 (or more!) items from our house. How? Each day, each of us will get rid of the number of items according to the day of the month (i.e. on Nov. 11th we each … Continue reading →

Breathe.

It’s the dumbest thing. Sometimes I have to remind myself to breathe. Even sitting right here, right now, typing away, I find myself holding my breath or not breathing deeply. There is a pinched feeling within me. An anxiety. Surface level fear. And then I say to myself. Breathe. Just breathe. And I come back … Continue reading →

Give a listen

I write a lot. Though most of my written word is proclaimed in worship each Sunday. Give a listen. I pray you will be encouraged with grace and truth. Learn more about our church.

Preparing for death

Death comes. Its a fact. We prepare for so much of life. Births. Graduations. Weddings. Tomorrows. How do we prepare for death? The answer is quite simple, really. The best preparation for death is a life well-lived. When we fully embrace life each and everyday, even if we aren’t ready for death (if it comes too soon or is … Continue reading →

Death comes. 

Death comes. Maybe not today, but always with the possibility of tomorrow. Sometimes like the tap, tap, tap of a gentle knock at the door. Other times like a swat team kicking through a barricaded gate.  Like an expected yet delayed visitor, we stop watching out the window. Forgetting it’s arrival is as certain as … Continue reading →

Seeing beauty

Pause.  Slow down.  See beauty all around.  This peony in my backyard is a gift from God through the previous owners who planted it.  This scripture was the morning’s call to worship.  Today, may you see God’s awesomeness.