“It’s okay to be a glow stick; sometimes we need to break before we shine.” ~Anonymous The awesome thing about a glow stick is that it is small and unassuming until one defining moment. All it takes is a few snaps and a quick shake to release what is inside—a glowing light. Snap, snap,…
I am a people pleaser. It pains me to say this, but it’s the truth. I love to be a hostess. I plan birthday celebrations for my children on my day off. I commit to welcoming family and friends in our home for Easter—fifty or more people. I accommodate others around my work schedule, especially…
“I called to the Lord, who is worthy of praise, and have been saved from my enemies. The waves of death swirled about me; the torrents of destruction overwhelmed me. The cords of the grave coiled around me; the snares of death confronted me. In my distress I called to the Lord; I called out…
“Breath is the percussion of language.” The tall, willowy yoga instructor said this to the class in a lilt that hinted at her formal actor’s training and enviable diaphragmatic control. At my age, with quadriceps straining to sustain my squatted “goddess” pose, I was just happy to control my bladder. The morning class was the…
Have you ever been going through a time of hard questions when a well-meaning Christian tossed out a platitude like, “God won’t give you more than you can bear,” or “When God closes one door, another one opens,” or, my most-decidedly-unhelpful favorite, “A Bible that’s falling apart belongs to someone who isn’t”? Instead of being…
“My soul thirsts for God, for the living God. When can I go and meet with God?” (Ps. 42:2 NIV) “Then my soul will rejoice in the Lord and delight in his salvation.” (Ps. 35:9 NIV) Do a quick Google search of “good for the soul,” and you find the outdoors, confession, laughter, sunny days,…