I wake early again and toss and turn in my bed for a while. I can tell it’s early morning because no sunlight is streaming in through our bedroom windows—and I am groggy. I try to fall back asleep, staying still in my warm bed with my husband lying quietly next to me, but it’s…
Christmas is the holiday for which we all know we should celebrate the “real meaning,” but many of us struggle to know how. The culture does a fabulous job of giving us ideas on how to make it more magical and fun. The culture also gives us full instructions on how we can spend more…
Once, in a blaze of book love, I sent a copy of Anne of Green Gables to an eleven-year-old girl I had never met. This happened because of a conversation I had when I was twenty-three, sitting knee-to-knee with an extroverted flight attendant on a plane so small it was termed a “puddle jumper.” The…
It’s funny how, in the most unexpected moments, we find ourselves spouting wisdom we didn’t know we possess. It’s as if we’re used by God as his mouthpiece when we least expect it. I’ve been thinking about these serendipitous moments since last week, after I took a walk by the beach with my overwhelmed friend,…
I fell in love with whales in Nova Scotia. We took one of my dream trips that summer, driving from Boston to Nova Scotia and all around that wild, wonder-filled maritime province of Canada. It’s still my favorite place of all. I booked a boat tour on the Bay of Fundy, excited at the possibility…
“When the Feast of Pentecost came, they were all together in one place. Without warning there was a sound like a strong wind, gale force—no one could tell where it came from. It filled the whole building. Then, like a wildfire, the Holy Spirit spread through their ranks, and they started speaking in a number…