“Broken crayons still color.” ~Trent Shelton I read the above quote to my dad, and he said, “When I think of broken crayons, I think of a moment in kindergarten when I asked a boy if he would share his crayons with me. Instead of taking turns using different crayons, he took the one in…
“Grace means that all of your mistakes now serve a purpose instead of serving shame.” ~Mike Rusch, Sobriety by the Grace of God When the music begins at the Winter Olympics, skaters glide onto the smooth surface effortlessly. They gain speed and seem to float effortlessly into double axels and triple lutzes. For a…
“Honor the space between no longer and not yet.” ~Nancy Levin Big transitions are often preceded by a period of waiting. It can be torturous. We can get frustrated with delays and speed bumps. If the next big thing would just hurry up and get here, we think, we could get on with life. We…
“Christ has no body on earth but yours, no hands but yours, no feet but yours. Yours are the eyes through which Christ’s compassion for the world is to look out; yours are the feet with which he is to go about doing good; and yours are the hands with which he is to…
“A ship in harbor is safe, but that is not what ships are built for.” ~ John A. Shedd Brave has become one of my favorite words. My younger daughter introduced our family to the word brave. Growing up, she often processed her feelings out loud and needed a great deal of verbal encouragement. When she…
“Life should not only be lived, it should be celebrated.” ~Osho Today marks the beginning of my birthday week. What a glorious week it will be, filled with adventures, sweet treats, balloons, streamers, treasure hunts, and oodles of celebration. Even better, this week reminds me that God has graciously given me thirty-seven years to live,…