I was having trouble focusing. I was worn out, feeling desperate. So last weekend I booked a hotel room and took myself on a retreat to the town of Winchester, VA, about an hour from here. I explored local thrift stores, watched some movies, and tried some small local restaurants (this Peruvian chicken place was the absolute best). I needed quiet. I needed rest. I needed to hear from the Lord. Does anyone else have a hard time admitting,...
I was talking with a friend yesterday who is walking through some very hard things. I said, “I’ve always wondered how people survived things like pandemics and wars and, well, I guess now we know. You just keep living one day at a time.” Here are some pictures from January and February of living life in the middle of the hard. I hope they bring some joy! Sometimes we like the snow; sometimes we don’t. My son created this...
I am creating a series of art and poems based on the words Jesus spoke to women. This poem is based on the story of Jesus raising the 12-year-old daughter of Jairus, the synagogue leader in Mark 5:21-43 and Luke 8:40-56 at the end of exhaustionin and out of lightI finally drink deepof sleep and pressing darkness outside the rise and fallof wailing –for death stingsa needling pain “Don’t fearonly believeShe is sleeping” He is nearhis eyesunshroudedand seeing “Little girl arise” black...
Well hello there to you and a new year! Because I was quite absent here on the blog in the blur of work and school activities, I wanted to do a recap of the end of last year. Just in time for the big Omicron surge, my whole family was able to get vaccinated (and I boosted), for which we are very grateful. We started reading through the Narnia books with the kids. I had the opportunity to display...
November 4, 2021
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Pocket Prayers Printable
I don’t know about you, but there have been times in my spiritual life with God when I long for the rich prayers passed down in our Christian tradition. I enjoy praying prayers from The Book of Common Prayer with my community and family. Then there are other times when I pray more desperate, fleeting prayers. I long to hear God’s voice break through my disappointment, my confusion, my doubts, my questions, my darkness. I’ve collected six of those...
Recently, I have been listening to a podcast called the Bible Project. It’s actually a whole organization dedicated to showing–through amazingly creative videos, blog posts, and free classes–how the whole Bible is “a unified story that leads to Jesus.” Yesterday I was listening to the episodes that preview a class they offer on the book of Jonah. The episodes I listened to were not as much about Jonah’s story, as they were about how the Scriptures are all telling...
I am creating a series of art and poems based on the words Jesus spoke to women. This poem is based on the story of Jesus raising the widow’s son from the dead in Luke 7:11-17. one large crowd going outwith weepingmeets a buoyant and curious crowdgoing in buzzing around the Teacher I stumble against the waves of shock and tearsmy only son’s bodysapped of lifea close copy of his father’son a similar bier Pain in, pain outthe expansion of my lungsa merciless...
Hello! I’m back, and I’m so glad you’re still here after my long summer break. LITTLE PROJECTS I got to focus on lots of important things this summer. Those included trips to the pool with my kids, tending the wildflower garden in the backyard, and a long list of painting jobs around the house. Here’s a before and after of our downstairs family room shelving: A BIG PROJECT I may have mentioned that I was going to work on...
Hello friends! Yesterday was the last day of school for my kids are we are . . . ahem . . . adjusting. I typically take the summer off regular blogging and creating to focus on time with the kids. Our summer plans this year include summer school, pool trips, working on a mural for the kids’ elementary school, and preparing for a September artisan festival in town hosted by another local church. The shop will remain open and...
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