It is no secret we are living in unprecedented times. That word alone has been overused to the point we are all tired of hearing it. As parents and teachers, we know as well as anyone that education has never been easy, but now educating our children has become a game show experience. Guess the … Continue reading 8 Things to Remember When Teaching Your Children
Pandemic
Sitting With Grief
You may have noticed I have been missing in action as of late. I have learned, from doing it wrong so many times in my life, that grief takes an enormous amount of energy. When I am in a season of grieving, I have to give it space. That means giving up other things, so … Continue reading Sitting With Grief
Knee on the Neck
I haven’t watched the video. I couldn’t even handle hearing it when my husband was watching it in the same room. Yet, the still image of the knee on the neck, posted in so many places, is etched in my mind. I cannot stop seeing it behind my eyes. They say a picture paints a … Continue reading Knee on the Neck
Deconstruction
Deconstructed food is all the rage these days. It involves separating the components of a dish, and presenting them together. You can have a deconstructed cake, salad, or main dish. Any food item that is usually mixed together can be “unmixed” and served in its separate parts. Chefs will tell you that the way to … Continue reading Deconstruction
Dear Christ Followers
Dear Christ Followers, Our streets are burning with the fire of grief. There is a deep sorrow which has ripped open a wound that has never healed properly. It is raw and gapping and exposed. In ancient days, there would have been the tearing of clothes, there would have been sackcloth and ashes. There would … Continue reading Dear Christ Followers
The Eruption
Pain is erupting. In an explosion, it is shooting miles into the sky. It is red hot and glows in its intensity. It oozes down, scarring the landscape as it goes. There have been rumblings. There have been quakes even. But the tectonic plates, after rubbing together for over a century, have shifted. The pressure … Continue reading The Eruption
I Can’t Breathe
The opposite of love is not hate, it is fear. Hate, like anger, is a red flag that there is something deeper underneath. Something, that when planted and nurtured grows into hate. Hate is the flower, but fear is the seed. Fear is the root that spreads under the ground of human hearts. Like a … Continue reading I Can’t Breathe
Thoughts from the Vulnerable
I am not afraid of death. To be absent from the body is to be present with the Lord, saturated with love and light. How could I be afraid of that? What I am afraid of is the process of dying. This was not always the case. Before my cancer journey, I knew we all … Continue reading Thoughts from the Vulnerable
Accusation
Why is it we are so quick to accuse each other? I don’t remember it always being this way. It seems we have turned into a people who would rather tear each other apart than to be kind to one another. Honestly, it scares me worse than the virus. Since all athletic competitions are on … Continue reading Accusation
The Panic Button
A season of waiting. Much longer than any of us anticipated. Yet, I have been here before. Not in this same way of course, but waiting is not new to me. I bet it’s not to you either. It is an uncomfortable space. The lack of control in seasons of waiting is difficult to manage, … Continue reading The Panic Button
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