Falling I look at the collection of leaves scattered across my front lawn.Golden hues among a blanket of brown with hidden hints of orange and red. I think about the immense beauty that can be found in endings. I think about Frodo on his perilous journey, Mordor looming dark and foreboding. A glint of gold […]
The Goodness of God Around Us
Sarah Westfall writes this:“The liturgy of the little things is an intentional, daily practice of paying attention to the goodness of God that is already around us.” The right here, right now.It’s being where our feet are.Noticing immense beauty in the mundane minutes, the gritty patterns of our Thursdays or our Fridays. Today, the goodness of […]
The Second Collection of Liturgies of the Little Things
A Glimpse If you look out my kitchen window you catch a glimpse of our backyard.The rosebushes, messy grass, arborvita.Wooden trim frames the window. Curtains flutter from the tension rod inside the sill.This is the visual. This is what you see.Yet it’s a fraction of the whole, a paragraph apart from the whole story.You won’t […]
A Collection of Liturgies of the Little Things
Muted Autumn Muted autumn.It speaks of the beauty of cycles and seasons, rhythms and rest, glory and goodness.It sounds of cadence and crunch, drifting leaves and dried seed pods,honking geese and crackling hearthfires.Muted Autumn.An embrace, an exhale,A metastasis, a muse,A quietude.Muted Autumn.A welcome home. Beauty Bursts Beauty bursts.In obvious places, like flower bloomsAnd arranged bouquets,But […]
Keep At It
To all the creators and dreamers and makers and vulnerable people showing up to share their work, words, music. {and this is all of us, anyone breathing, because we all create in some way, all made to produce art of a myriad of types by our Creator} • A Word For You • Keep at […]
Looking For Lovely and Creating a List
I don’t want to know Jesus only for what He can do for me. I want to know Jesus because of what He has already done for me. Emmanuel. God with us. Luke 7:16-17 ~“Great fear swept the crowd, and they praised God, saying, “A mighty prophet has risen among us,” and “God has visited […]
April Musings
Weatherwise, April has been warm and chilly, windy and still, lovely and not-so-charming. Spring teases. I pull out sandals and expect to wear them from now forward to autumn. But spring has a fickle side and chuckles fiendishly with a forecast of blustery with a chance of rain/snow. I am not so favorably inclined. But […]
Wherein We Have Our Christmas Blessing Cash Giveaway 2020
It’s time for our sixth Christmas Blessing Giveaway. I’m delighted to join in with other women and bloggers to bring a cash giveaway as a gift and blessing to one of our readers during this Christmas season. Participating Bloggers:Woman to Woman Ministries http://w2wministries.orgJenifer Metzger http://jenifermetzger.orgKatie Hornor http://katiehornor.comHomeschooling Dietitian Mom http://homeschoolingdietitianmom.comA Delightful Glow http://adelightfulglow.comGROUNDED Ministry http://groundedministry.comMama’s […]
Living Gratefully and Aware
Gratitude for what I am given is something I never want to take for granted. I’m no more deserving. I’m not extra special. I most often feel like a misfit. Yet, I often wonder and ponder why I have a home and fresh water when half-a-world away, the children we sponsor with @compassion, often struggle for […]
Practicing Gratitude
Gratitude pulls us away from focusing on problems and points us toward the positive. Gratitude reminds us of all that’s good. Gratitude says, “I choose to pause and say thank-you.” At it’s absolute best, life still offers overwhelm and difficult decisions. When the extra difficult shows up, it demands leaning with especial intention on the […]
An Excerpt From The Reminder of A God Who Sees Me
I cried over a kitten this morning. It felt dumb and ridiculous. It felt compassionate too, yet the critic in my head condemned me for crying over a kitten when I so often fail in my desire to have a deeper compassion for other people. It felt small and silly, for I could easily count […]
The Wonder That is You Children’s Book
The Wonder That Is You by Glenys Nellist This is a precious book! Written in rhyming text, it tells your child how loved they are! The pages tell of the excitement and happiness and delight that happened the day they were born! It’s a beautiful way to remind our children how special and wonderful they […]
What Did I Do To Deserve This?
Good morning friends………….the framework of this story is set in the barebones of a true-life tale shared with me about a little girl and her response to a surprise giftcard in the mail. I took it, added some twists, a big bit of creative license and sketched out this story of grace. I tell it […]
Ten Ways I Find Contentment
Contentment is found in…………. …delighting in the Lord! …giving grateful thanks! …trusting my God to know best. …choosing to see the beauty in every new day, every good day. …choosing Christ as my foundation. …confidence in Christ, come what may. …seeing the beauty in life, AND seeking it, even when I have to search harder. […]
Ten Memories I’m Grateful For From 2018
Every year holds its ups and downs, hopes and dreams, joys and disappointments, sorrows and happiness. They just do. 2018 wasn’t any different. We had many, many good, good days and we had days we were very glad to see end. Towards the end of the year, I opened my prayer journal/notebook and began a […]
The Glory of the Plan of God
Dear, dear Father, Thank you for all your good, good gifts. Help us, Lord, in your strength to fully live into today, this moment, pulling all the joy and happiness from it and seeing it in the people you have blessed us with. May we comprehend a tiny bit more the total unexplainable gift of […]
Five Things I’m Grateful For
Late morning a text pops onto my phone screen. I tap it open and read words from my friend. Today finds her seeking gratitude to combat grey skies and stinging pain that grips deep in bones. She encourages my heart and pauses to remember how gratefulness carries an immense impact for the […]
