Dear God, I shoveled my elderly neighbor’s stoop this morning. He was angry that a closer neighbor, one he shares a porch with, never does his side. I shoveled the other neighbor’s side too, and it made the elderly neighbor angry. He said his neighbor didn’t deserve it. I told him nobody deserves anything. And…
“Come to me, all who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you, and learn from me, for I am gentle and lowly in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light.” (Matt. 11:28-30 ESV) In the 2020 Magnificat…
Every morning around 3a.m., it begins. Churning. Spinning. Worrying thoughts. For the past few weeks, I have woken in the still-dark hours with my mind already on the hamster wheel, doing laps around so many things: my kids, my purpose, and most of all during this season, our future as a country. This year has…
Our flatlander family vacationed in the mountains for the first time this year. My prairie children, at home in the endless grass and fields of our North Dakota farm, were stunned at the height and majesty of the mountains. They exclaimed over the steepness of the trails as we hiked. Mom couldn’t exclaim; she was…
“He established a testimony in Jacob and appointed a law in Israel, which he commanded our fathers to teach to their children, that the next generation might know them, the children yet unborn, and arise and tell them to their children, so that they should set their hope in God and not forget the works…
I realize we don’t typically think of social media as a loving place. It seems the worst of humanity comes out under the illusion of anonymity. However, I’m a glass-half-full girl when it comes to social media. I love connecting with people with whom I would have otherwise lost touch. I love seeing my friends’…