When I think of two things that go together, peas and carrots come to mind. Not because I like them, but because Forrest Gump thought he and Jenny went together really well – like peas and carrots. To follow the love story of Forrest and Jenny, we recognize quickly they’re very different – male/female, wellContinue reading "Embrace Faith: Word and Spirit"
Embrace Faith: Holy Spirit
My husband thinks we’ve gotten old. One sign of which is that we’ve become bird watchers. I don’t think that’s uniquely an age thing; otherwise, every person over fifty would have bird feeders in their yards and binoculars on their windowsills. I do, however, believe that with age comes the ability to see the worldContinue reading "Embrace Faith: Holy Spirit"
Embrace Faith: God’s Word
Part One I sit at my desk in our new Georgia home, my eyes continually drawn to the window where I watch a new-to-me-world unfold below. A slow, steady rain continues to fill the back portion of our wooded yard as the runoff of our street flows from every direction, heading toward the retention pondContinue reading "Embrace Faith: God’s Word"
Embrace Faith: New Word
For more than a decade, I’ve delighted in receiving one word from the Lord to guide me through the year. I’ve been stretched by learning to better communicate with my family and within my ministry. I’ve been bolstered by hope and joy as I’ve dug into Scripture to learn about God’s brand of each andContinue reading "Embrace Faith: New Word"
Embrace Faith: Keep Going
We decided rather abruptly to drive straight through – East Texas to Atlanta, Georgia – a ten and a half hour journey. Add an hour or two for stops. Plus a time change. We were in for a long day, but we were determined. The first several hours flew by. My husband worked in theContinue reading "Embrace Faith: Keep Going"
Embrace Faith: The Great Adventure
No lie. I outlined these posts weeks ago with nothing on my mind but what I thought the Lord was leading me toward. This particular week I had entitled “The Journey” after listening to Darlene Zschech on a podcast – because she called faith a journey. I liked it. I borrowed it. But when IContinue reading "Embrace Faith: The Great Adventure"
Embrace Faith: Doubts, Discomforts, Limitations
It never ceases to amaze me how often it occurs that what I’m slated to write about in a given week or season, turns out to be exactly what I need. And this week was no different. I entered December fully surrendered to the process of waiting and being present with those right in frontContinue reading "Embrace Faith: Doubts, Discomforts, Limitations"
Embrace Faith: Open Arms, Open Heart
I talk a lot about our ability to choose our responses and stances and postures throughout our lives. There’s much we have no control over or choice in, but how we walk through life – that is our choice. I was one who, at an early age, grabbed hold of faith. I trusted that JesusContinue reading "Embrace Faith: Open Arms, Open Heart"
Embrace the New Year
We can’t see the future. We cannot know what 2025 will hold – even if we have plans and hopes and dreams for it. We can’t anticipate the twists and turns coming our way, but neither should we fear them. In fact, I suspect that for all we think and hold and feel as weContinue reading "Embrace the New Year"
Hiddenness: Death to Life
Waiting. Our minds work overtime to get us past it. Our bodies get busy to overcome it. Yet somewhere along the way we start believing we’ll never get through it. The truth is, however, waiting is never forever. Just as the dark of a sleepless night that stretches on and on eventually brightens with theContinue reading "Hiddenness: Death to Life"