I walked past the chapel along the path into the wooded area. The sun broke through the trees as the brick buildings rose to meet me. The University of Puget Sound is absolutely beautiful and since school was out for the summer the campus was quiet and felt empty. I had just given an excuse …
Have you ever heard the saying that family isn’t a word, it’s a sentence? Right now within the Body of believers, I’m starting to believe that the word “community” is no different. In our travels and in our own city it’s hard not to notice a deep divide that is certainly not new to Christianity or …
What Really Comes First? Several months ago I went to meet up with my friend at a local restaurant. As we sat at the table sounds of multiple conversations taking place at the same time was the backdrop to what seemed to be a more important conversation than I had anticipated. The man in front of …
Facing Conflict in Relationships Recently I’ve been wrestling with what to do about a relationship with a relative that has become more and more dysfunctional. It’s new territory for me as a believer, because my old, worldly self would have deemed the relative as toxic and resolved to simply end any contact or communication with …
Have you ever wondered, “is God listening?” In my last post, I talked about glorifying God. But how do we do this? One of the ways is by coming into the presence of the Lord on a daily basis in prayer. Prayer is one of the spiritual disciplines we so often neglect. In our modern …
Self Care: What Is It and Why Is it So Important One of my favorite opening lines to a book is in Gloria Furman’s Missional Motherhood. She opens her introduction with, “You are more than just a mom.” As I read it tears began to well up in my eyes. The Lord knew how badly …
Last August we attended the annual Family Camp that my husband’s employer hosted for it’s seventh, and potentially final year. It was a wonderful gathering of believers in a small rustic campground designed for reunions and kid’s summer camps here in the Pacific Northwest. Technically it was right off the freeway and ten minutes from …
It seems difficult to start a conversation from scratch. There is a piece of me that feels I should start with the basics of the Gospel. Another piece of me wants to write pages of content in order to describe where I’m coming from. The truth of the Gospel message is powerful, and I hope …
