Living in Hope
A string of eighty degree days tied with a sun-kissed bow have beckoned the buds to swell early this year. I watch them reach for the sun, ready to burst forth in perfect splendor. They make reaching look so effortless. So completely purposeful, as they do exactly what they were created to do. Is that what… read more »
I am starting the new year slowly, relishing that it has fallen on a Saturday and the day is laid bare with no place to go. Oh, there’s much to do; not the least of which is packing up the Christmas decorations. But I know I’ll be moving at full steam this afternoon and all… read more »
Christmas was glorious this year. One of the best ever! Daughter agrees, which makes the sadness she now feels so troubling. It was even the first year that she wasn’t focused on the presents. She didn’t get her hopes up for one day; she enjoyed the entire month. She embraced Advent with all the promise… read more »
Recently I wrestled with a new burden. The burden of knowing that the chocolate sold by the biggest manufacturers in our country was produced using cacao beans harvested by two hundred thousand child slave laborers in West Africa. It made me weep and it made me angry. And it forced me to decide if I… read more »
More than anything, I'm just an ordinary girl who worships an extraordinary God. Christ is the hope that is in me; this is how I live it out... [Read More …]
