He Binds Up Our Heart Wounds
I signed up for a workshop on healing the wounds of trauma thinking it would be a helpful tool to share with the widows that we work with, and it was. I didn’t realize how much the workshop would help heal my own emotional wounds. It had been over two years and I was still […]
Recounting My Ways
Each birthday I ask God for a passage to focus on for the coming year. That particular portion of Scripture becomes a companion, traveling with me as a challenging, comforting, transforming friend. And like a friend, as the months go by, shares more and more, revealing insights, subtleties and layers of meaning. This is what […]
The Transient Community of a Life Overseas
When I moved to Southeast Asia, she was one of the first people I met. We were staying in a teammate’s house that shared a wall with Calah’s backyard. I was outside at the same time she was one day, and we introduced ourselves. The discussion quickly led to the things I needed to acquire […]
In Which I am a Pair o’ Ducks
I reach over and take a sip of Coke. Immediately I erupt with an embarrassingly loud burp. My stomach is that jittery. Pure exhilaration and absolute heartbreak sit mixed in my gut. I am on my way to the airport as a freshly turned 18-year-old, about to leave everything and everyone I know for a foreign country. I would blush […]
Word Prompt: Return
Summer is just around the corner. For many of us that means a change is coming. And maybe you feel that change sitting at the forefront of your mind. Someone you know and love is leaving. Someone new and unknown is coming. Maybe you are the one packing your bags, heading “home” for a visit, […]
Sorrow
You’d never guess it when you meet her. She’s a vivacious, “life of the party” kind of gal. Her laughter is as bright and full as her head of red curls. But my dear friend, Brooke Holliday … she knows sorrow, the kind of pain I can’t bear to imagine. For years now, I’ve watched […]