Starting Again: Picking Up the Pieces Following a National Tragedy
It’s been an emotional week for me, following Charlie Kirk’s death. I wasn’t a huge follower of his. Like most people, I saw video clips here and there, but I...
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The Rhythm of the Seasons
I’ve often thought that you can’t truly be a poet and live in a place where the climate never changes. To really taste all that life has to offer, I...
Return to the Garden
After a stressful experience at the airport in Spain and having to wait an extra day to head home, choosing to watch The Secret Garden from 1993 for my in-flight...
Happiness That Doesn’t Depend on What Happens: The Joy of Cultivating God’s World
Spent the entire weekend working in the yard and developing the new garden. I am giddy as a child at Christmas with how it’s all coming together. It brings tears...
Voices That Care: A Reminder of What True Patriotism Looks Like
It was 1991 and the radio stations were playing “Voices That Care” every hour on the hour, and then it was never heard from again. In fact, I had forgotten...
Should I Stay or Should I Go?: Navigating Political Discourse for Evangelicals
The Bible is chock full of great wisdom on how to conduct our affairs and personal relationships and I’ve been thinking a lot about this due to the tensions that...
