We’re not what I would call fully ‘green’ folks, but this weekend my husband was a definite tree hugger. The corner lot our house sits on was blessed with trees by the former owners. Planted twenty-five years ago, they were small clusters here and there of “little popsicle sticks,” they proudly pointed out when we […]
Desert Days – A Heart Set on Pilgrimage, Part 1
One thing God intended about deserts: we were never meant to linger in them longer than necessary. “Necessary for what?” you might ask. To come to the realization that desert journeys are not just ‘part of life,’ as we blithely remark. More than that, they are purposed as a Divinely-orchestrated thoroughfare (in spite of the […]
It’s In The Water
During a few moments of quiet reflection in our church service two weeks ago, I was wondering about the blog post I would be writing that Sunday evening (see Small Beginnings July 11 post). Wondering as in “what am I going to write about this week?” with the appropriate edge of whine that comes with […]