A Moment of Peace
"Peace be with you."//Luke 24:36 It may sound strange, but my most peaceful moments happen in the car. I’m talking about the tiny windows of time I have when I...
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Stockpiling Goodness and Hope
"A good person out of the store of goodness in his heart produces good." // Luke 6:45 I’m obsessed with a certain kind of black tea. Because it’s a holiday...
This Is Your Moment
"Thus there were fourteen generations in all from Abraham to David, fourteen from David to the exile to Babylon, and fourteen from the exile to the Messiah." // Matthew 1:17...
Not the End of the Story
My household consists of my patient and kind husband, my two basketball-playing and computer-loving sons, and one loyal rescue dog. I’m grateful every day for every one of them. My...
See God's Delight
When I challenge myself to name things that delight me, it’s pretty easy to come up with a list. The way my dog greets me at the door, all tail-wagging,...
My First, But Not My Best, Response
Years ago, I came across a helpful tip for parents: imagine all the things you say to your children as a pie chart. How much of the pie is praise...
J-O-Y with No Glue Required
My mother, a retired Catholic school teacher, once told me about a Christmas pageant gone wrong. For the big performance, her fourth grade students made homemade sashes with JOY in...
Challenges, Both Epic and Everyday
Today’s Psalm gives us this vivid passage: "The breakers of death surged round about me, the destroying floods overwhelmed me; The cords of the nether world enmeshed me, the snares...
Loving Through Our Fear
My older son recently asked me to name my greatest fear. I didn’t even have to think before answering. “That something bad will happen to someone I love,” I told...
How and Why We Gather
In the summer of 2020, gatherings look differently than they used to. Car parades instead of graduation ceremonies, virtual birthday parties, work meetings via Zoom: for the last few months...
