Trust the Water to Hold You
I love floating on my back. I love the weightlessness I feel when I’m on the water. I love the way my sense of hearing becomes momentarily muted. I love...
10 Reasons This Pregnant Lady Misses Home {And 10 Reasons She Continues to Make this Foreign Land Her New Home}
I am the grumpiest pregnant woman there ever was. I can say that, my husband can’t. Being pregnant in a place that is not my home seems to make the...
Pigeon Loaf, God, and Me
The day I ate pigeon loaf I tried very hard to not taste it. It really was a gigantic slab of meatloaf, entirely made out of the...
Learning to Savor
Savor the moment Enjoy the journey Stop and smell the roses Capture the fluffy moments These are simple...
A Perfect Shelter in Seasons of Change
I lift up my eyes to the mountains-where does my help come from? My help comes from the LORD, the Maker of heaven and earth....
A Sheltered Faith
A couple of weeks ago I picked up an old notebook of mine and out slipped a 3x5 card with a bible verse printed on it. It was a verse...
What a movie about ice hockey taught me about being a beloved child of God
A few weeks ago I watched a Disney movie from the 90’s called “The Mighty Ducks,” which I had never seen before. A major theme is the main character Gordon’s...
He Calls You: Beloved
"There was a boy called Eustace Clarence Scrubb, and he almost deserved it." I love this opening line from a C.S. Lewis book. It always makes me...
How I Learned My Belovedness
Czechoslovakia felt like home to me. Well, not Czechoslovakia exactly, but my mom’s large Czech family. Their love was a constant throughout all my TCK moves. I never fit in...
A Driving Lesson
My first Sunday in Portugal I drove to church on the main highway, through city streets, and across a major bridge. The teammate I went with disliked driving so much...
