Trust — my word for 2020 — has proven to be just what I needed. Crazy how one five-letter word can become a sustaining anchor. A rock to cling to when life crumbles and shakes and looks nothing like you expected. Early in the year, I dug into what it looks like to fully trustContinueContinue reading “Present”
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Playing Psalms — An Advent Series, Act 1
Today, the world kicks-off Advent, the season of preparation leading up to Christmas, and we’re taking part by having some fun Playing Psalms together. The particular Psalms that we’ll be playing in this series are the Royal ones that not only make use of mental images of monarchs but move us toward Messiah. I readContinueContinue reading “Playing Psalms — An Advent Series, Act 1”
Playing Psalms — An Advent Series, The Prologue
As I listen to Lauren Daigle croon, “Oh, what fun it is to ride! Oh, what fun it is to ride in a one horse open sleigh,” I feel an excitement tapping itself into being within me. I want to have fun! Yes, I do! Believe it or not, I think we can have someContinueContinue reading “Playing Psalms — An Advent Series, The Prologue”
Cancel
Since COVID-19 slammed into the States in March, our vocabulary has expanded to include words and phrases we’d not employed before — social distancing, flattening the curve, and shelter-in-place to name a few. Other expressions were familiar yet not common — pandemic, incubation, and quarantine. Then there are the words that have come to holdContinueContinue reading “Cancel”
Vote
I find it so tempting to hide from all-things media because of our current season’s divisive and even demeaning culture. Instead, I’ve chosen to lean-in and listen. And what I’ve heard more than anything is fear. Underlying the hate is fear of change. Underlying the mudslinging is fear of rejection. Underlying all the threats isContinueContinue reading “Vote”
Texas Transplant
Across from our new house is this (above) beautiful, peaceful park of sorts. Today, I sat upon one of the rocks, listening to the water that flowed nearby, wanting peace but not quite sure how to find it, and once again heard myself asking God — When will I find my purpose here? When willContinueContinue reading “Texas Transplant”
When a Move of God Means a Move
Having trust as my word for 2020 is proving to be quite the anchor for a year of challenge and change. I thought I knew what God might be doing when He asked me to trust Him more, but I could not have anticipated how deeply I would need that trust. On June 4, ourContinueContinue reading “When a Move of God Means a Move”
Word a Year — Trust
We’re only a quarter of the way into 2020, but I can tell you that my word this year, TRUST, couldn’t have been more appropriate. All the hands-on experiences of 2019 that helped me learn what true obedience looks like really prepared me for what I’m learning about trust. Already. It’s crazy how that last weekContinueContinue reading “Word a Year — Trust”
Word a Year — Obey #2
My year of obedience was so full that one blog post couldn’t capture it all. I’m pretty sure two can’t either… A million years ago—okay, a couple of decades—I heard my first teaching on obedience. Vanessa Lerner, our associate pastor’s wife, spoke about hearing from God. She taught that when we hear from God andContinueContinue reading “Word a Year — Obey #2”
Word a Year — Obey 1
OBEY, a word that makes me think of marriage vows, strict teachers, and old hymns, hounded me in the final months of 2018. So you can imagine my lack of excitement to choose it as my word for 2019. But, God made it pretty clear that was my word. And it all started at myContinueContinue reading “Word a Year — Obey 1”