Mother’s Day is coming to an end as I write this blog post. I spent some time with a good friend over the weekend, and observed her devotion to her daughters: three year-old twins and a six-month old. She gives her time, energy, creativity, wisdom, patience and love to her…
Read more“Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old has passed away; behold, the new has come. All this is from God, who through Christ reconciled us to himself and gave us the ministry of reconciliation; that is, in Christ God was reconciling the world to…
Read more“You’re such a perfectionist!” She didn’t say it in a mean way, but it took me by surprise. Me? A perfectionist? Surely not. I am far from perfect, and I certainly don’t do everything perfectly. I think I mess up far more often than I get it right. Yet when…
Read moreWhile on retreat a while back, our rooms had a beautiful view overlooking the bay. As we watched the activity among the geese swimming and frolicking in the water, my friend shared with me her wise observation about the geese. Noticing the many geese diving down into the water despite the ample food along…
Read more“Then Jesus went with them to a place called Gethsemane, and he said to his disciples, ‘Sit here, while I go over there and pray.’ And taking with him Peter and the two sons of Zebedee, he began to be sorrowful and troubled… ‘Watch and pray that you may not…
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