Once you were not a people, but now you are God's people; once you had not received mercy, but now you have received mercy. 1 Peter 2:10 The scripture from l...

“The harvest is plentiful, but the laborers are few.” My team could not believe how relevant those Biblical words would be in our life that week. Due to some...

My sister and her classmates named him Bruce. He was a person, and that day I saw him, he was a body. You see my sister was studying her assigned cadaver in ...

I expect rainbows even when the rain pours down, I expect rainbows even when I feel like a clown, I expect rainbows even when I see everyone frown, I’ve seen...

/Grief/ Is wearied eyes, Disappointment and disguise, And chicken noodle soup, Friends keeping me in the loop, Holding me together so I look whole, Feeling m...

There are two things I need to share with you this week. I’m going to tell you right up front. Would you believe me? I’ll try to show you as well. Number one...

Last night, the temperature went way down. I hope it did not frost. I should have protected my plants. I planted my vegetable garden seeds last week and some...

Happy Eastertide! He is risen! This changes everything. Hallelujah! I read this quote recently by 14th century English priest, John Ball, “Fellowship is life...

“The Lord God is in your midst, a mighty one who will save; he will rejoice over you with gladness; he will quiet you by his love; he will exult over you wit...

I am of the generation that did not have a smart phone while attending university. In some ways, I am very pleased about this fact, because I suspect I would...

Learn how to use acrylic paints and have fun creating an impressionistic style painting of a terribly beautiful weed. This is all about creative rest and con...

When you live in the middle of nowhere, I mean literally over the river and through the woods, you learn a thing or two about paying attention to the side of...

A new youtube series. Subscribe and watch today! Learn how to paint a watercolor tree. Listen to my friend Katherine speak on the tough and beautiful lessons...

I’m sitting at a table that is open to the busy traffic street in downtown Richmond. It is one of those early spring days where the flowers are blooming all ...

This might sound foolish if you know anything about plants, but I genuinely did not know that plants got diseases until not that long ago. I planted some fru...

I’m sitting in one of those chapels where a big chunk of the walls are made of glass windows. The sky and the trees serve as the backdrop of the worship. Two...

Alrighty, I’ve been studying the book of Hebrews this past year, and the Holy Spirit has been showing me how often I am fighting against Him to harden my hea...

I'm so grateful for four years of this practice of learning to look for beauty, delight, and rest. Thank you Jesus and all of you for your encouragement. Her...

Waiting on the Lord, Persimmons, and Love

On Waiting “Two weeks!” said with a New York accent is a common joke in our family in reference to the 1986 film, The Money Pit. When we decided to build a s...