Every year we talk about getting an early start to our garden by planting seeds indoors in the early Spring. Every year we go and buy...

Pausing to watch the birds as I drink a cup of tea. Taking in a deep breath when I am uncertain and it feels like fear is welling up...

“Whoever welcomes you, welcomes me.” Matthew 10:40 When you are down and troubled and you need a helping hand….the lyrics from James...

Beloved, since God loved us so much, we also ought to love one another. - 1 John 4:17 WE- it speaks so much easier than it is to live it...

Both. Always and all ways. Both. Who knew? Who knew that such a powerful connection could be made across borders, across age groups,...

Naming the summer. A summer theme for us to work on as a family. We were a newly blended family with both of us working and a lot of...

Word. That’s what my bonus son Rico often says. Just that. Word. It’s slang for “I am in agreement” or can mean “I hear what you are...

How can we know the way? In times that are uncertain and unknown, we get to ask for directions. The stereotype of men unwilling to ask...

Recognize. rec·og·nize verb 1. identify (someone or something) from having encountered them before; know again. Camels. “Did you see...

Trusting a response will come. Demanding it? Associate Professor of Old Testament at Luther Seminary, Cameron B.R. Howard, wrote a...

The howling helped. Here in Colorado at 8pm each evening people are invited to Howl. Dan and I tried it for the first time last night as...

It was a simple email, “I named you in my prayers this morning, asking that God would gift you with all that you need on this day to...

The God who is known in a time of all the unknowns. Be still and know I am God- Psalm 46:10a. Some of you know that I often use The...

What a difference a day can make, or an hour, or even 5 minutes. Yesterday, it was in the upper 50’s weather wise and today I look out...

God pointing love. Sometimes I just really wish you could be there. On Wednesday night when a member shared his story of how his life was...

This Lenten Season you are invited to explore the spiritual terrain of the journey we take with Jesus to Jerusalem. It is an invitation...

The Marvin Gaye song, “Ain’t No Mountain High Enough”, has been going through my mind all week. When I think of it in terms of how God’s...

Originally I told my husband for this week’s blogpost I was just going to post a funny cat video and call it good. I couldn’t find one...

The song above was one of my favorites in youth group —forty some years ago. We loved to sing together as a group and it was one of the...

“ Your love never fails, never gives up and never runs out on me”. That is the refrain from the song One Thing Remains by Passion we...