Let Your Heart Exhale
We all know it as the shortest verse in the Bible, “Jesus wept.” (John 11:35) We know that Jesus was overcome by the death of his friend Lazarus and...
Author: Monica F
In the Quiet and in the Fray, Say His Name
In the quiet and in the fray, say His Name… It’s been one of those days—when the water goes out and the landlord above has been...
Anticipation in a Weary World
“Can 2020 just be over already?” a friend of mine stated recently. I nodded and thought about the meme someone texted me with the heading: “If 2020 were a...
Why Did You Ever Doubt?
Do you know what it feels like to start to drown? To feel like there is no way up and out? You gasp for air,...
Taking Your Pulse
At the beginning of every academic quarter, I talk about self-care with my nursing students—just to “take their pulse” and get an idea of where they are emotionally, spiritually,...
Bend Back
Where does one even begin when looking back at 2020? For so many it’s been a year of loss, grief, isolation, and separation. And in the...
Back to the Shire
In the busy chatter of the pub, it would be easy to overlook the powerful transition taking place over a pint. After a long and arduous journey, four friends—bonded...
Not As It Should Be
“When I pass from this life to the next, I do not want to come back to this place. No, I will not come back to my home, this...
Full Circle
It was a warm spring day in the small market town where I lived in rural Asia and from my window I could see the glint of sun-kissed rice...
Despite the Circumstances
Have you ever volunteered or signed up for something that you actually had no business signing up for? Or maybe you thought after the fact, “What was I thinking?...
