Hanging By A Thread

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Sometimes I feel like it’s all hanging by a thread. Just one tug in the wrong direction and life, it might just all unravel. Best laid plans once worn snuggly around your neck can suddenly become a single strand of fuzzy remembrance. What did my life look like before all this? It’s what I hear [...]

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When You Think You’re Not Enough

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I grew up thinking I wasn’t enough. Holding the consolation prize of my circumstances, wearing the banner around my waist declaring in big, bold letters, “IF ONLY.” If only you were raised by two parents who loved each other instead of one who needs to be parented just as much as you do. Then maybe [...]

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Surrendering to Sabbath – Week 16

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This week has been a bit of a blur, the place between holding on to the frayed edges of what God did in community last week and remaining present to the needful of today, mindful of tomorrow’s kiss. Winds of change blow through my screen porch. I watch her build it one tiny, crooked twig [...]

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Great Expectations of Friendship {And Why We Don’t Have Them}

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We sat this week in our gym clothes and tennis shoes, nine of us talking about friendship and what makes one sweet. And the overriding word that resonated is expectations. Friends don’t have them, we all agreed. We just know and believe and that faith in each other, it roots deep in the intimacy of [...]

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Breathe and Jump

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Boots to my knees, camera and laptop swing over my shoulder as I zigzag through strollers and wheeled carry-ons yelling, “Excuse me.” My heart beats like a mallet banging on a bass drum. Wide eyes and expressionless turn around at the sound of my haste then sway like ants marching toward crumbs.  I’m determined to [...]

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Surrendering to Sabbath – Week 15

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Right now, if you clicked on this in your inbox, I’m standing in front of a crowd of writers and dreamers hoping my hair isn’t too fuzzy, the sweat rings under my arms don’t show and what I’m saying actually resonates with those listening. I’ll be in a bit of awe that I’m actually looking [...]

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How Sabbath Sings in Sisterhood

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We sat in a semi-circle, women in sweats with naked faces; others donning skirts and lipstick. Sunk into couches, shoulder to shoulder with books and bibles sprawled on our laps, watching Margaret talk about Chapter 004: A Sanctuary in Time on the screen.  And I prayed for God’s help to contain myself. For the past fourteen [...]

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