Subtract to Multiply

Subtract. This word grew in weightiness as we talked and prayed through our Velvet Ashes Editors Planning Retreat this past weekend. Each sensed a tugging in the direction of subtraction. One in the fullness of abundance, one heavy with expectancy, one in a season of shifting, one on the cusp of new openings, one in […]

How Guilt May Be Keeping You From Rest

I don’t do guilt. It’s the mantra I adopted from my mother-in-law, Geri, more than twenty-five years ago, when I became one of her children, a phrase as familiar as her welcoming blue eyes and the accepting smile we witness as she walks through the gate at the airport when she visits. I come from a long line […]

From Airplane to Car

One of my favorite views from an airplane is the descent into LAX – houses, cars and freeways for miles. All of it looks small, and I often wonder where everyone is headed while they sit in rush hour traffic. Now as I pass an airport on my way to and from work each day, […]

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