Think

Think

by | Aug 5, 2025 | Mindful, Presence, Settle, Slow, Think

Do you have a space where your mind stills or settles: a space when, although you engage activity, your thoughts slowdown, enabling you to be fully present in the moment? When I am with Eve and Ellie, my mind rests. When I tend the garden and water the flowers, my...
Steward

Steward

by | Jul 22, 2025 | Beauty, Identity, Responsibility, Steward

When we moved into our home, we received instructions for an app called Steward. This app occupies space both on my phone and computer enabling real-time monitoring of our home. The Steward app allows the homeowner to monitor features of the home such as the indoor...
Neighbor

Neighbor

by | Jul 8, 2025 | Community, Connection, Neighbor

I thank God for our neighbors! After nearly two years of apartment living, I longed for connection with my neighbors. I wanted to know and be known by those living near me which I found challenging in the apartment context. When we moved out of the apartment to a...
Sixty-five

Sixty-five

by | Jun 24, 2025 | Love, Marriage

At eight and ten years old, Wilma and Jackie (also known as Jack or John) met. It was not a match made in heaven at this young ago. Jackie enjoyed pulling Wilma’s long curls while Wilma and Wanda (Jackie’s sister) formed a tight bond. Nevertheless, nine years later,...
Soaked

Soaked

by | Jun 10, 2025 | Drip, Overflow, Scripture, Soak

I often describe the practice of slowly and contemplatively reading Scripture as Soaking in Scripture. This way of engaging God’s Word invokes the imagination and reflection while encountering God in an unhurried manner. Soaking in Scripture makes space to...