My husband and I took a long walk the other night. Two days before, our temperatures were below freezing, but the air was slightly warmer on this …
how to be like God
Sometimes I sit in the quiet and imagine Eve walking in the cool of the morning with the God in whose image she was made and the man whose body was …
mary: filled to overflowing
When the angels went away from them into heaven, the shepherds said to one another, “Let us go over to Bethlehem and see this thing that has happened, …
How Loving Yourself is Bananas
"I pray not only for these, but also for those who believe in me through their word. May they all be one, as you, Father, are in me and I am in you. …
How to Get a Gift From God
“They had hardly arrived when a Canaanite woman came down from the hills and pleaded, ‘Mercy, Master, Son of David! My daughter is cruelly afflicted …
How to Birth a New Kind of Christmas
It's been so many years now since I spent my days with a human foot attempting to dislodge one of my ribs and the weight of a baby's head caused me to …
let God do something for you
Well, 2020 has turned out to be a real barn burner, hasn’t it? A worldwide pandemic, massive financial crisis, and murder hornets have descended on …
how to grow bigger faith in the small days of the quarantine
When I was a little girl, my family camped near the California sequoias. I remember staring up to the sky beyond the giants, marveling together at the …
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hey, jesus, here’s what we really want in 2020
On that day, when evening had come, he said to them, “Let us go across to the other side.” And leaving the crowd, they took him with them in the boat, …
when a girl needs to run
"Do you not know that in a race all the runners run, but only one receives the prize? So run that you may obtain it. Every athlete exercises …
look jesus, peter and i are out here dancing on the waves
I have a new respect for Peter these days. I keep imagining him climbing out of a boat to walk on top of some water. I can see the awe on his face as …
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how to be heavenly people this christmas
And in the same region there were shepherds out in the field, keeping watch over their flock by night. And an angel of the Lord appeared to them, and …