Inspire
When a Detour is the Best Path Forward
I got to spend a few days enjoying the mountains of Colorado last week. A little hiking, a little running, a little reading, a little writing and lots of just soaking up the sun and the scenery. During walks or hikes I love taking photographs along the way. When I...
read moreShe Believed She Could Help her Son Face and Fight Cancer
You know that feeling we have when someone we love gets hurt? The desire to take their pain away... The willingness to take it upon ourselves if necessary... The need to reassure them that it will all be ok soon... These are feelings that almost every parent...
read moreRejection Turned Into A Revelation
When you look back at how things fall into place - things you could not have not arranged in one thousand years - isn't it amazing? You can clearly see the hand of God and Him working out everything in a way you could not possibly have imagined. Last year, before I...
read moreWalking with God As The Person He Created Me To Be
Last year we wanted our daughter to switch schools, and that is the last thing in the world she wanted to do. So, with a little prodding and a new puppy, we finally convinced her. (Oh, just call it what it was – bribery.) None of...
read moreWhat To Do When You Are Mad for No Particular Reason
Sometimes I just botch it - a whole day. Just being a jerk for no particular reason. This past Sunday was a day I should probably just have stayed in bed and watched episode after episode of Downton Abbey. In a single day I was single handedly able to be mean to...
read moreTalk the Walk
The other day I saw a girl wearing this t-shirt: Harsh, but slightly amusing too. I think most of us can probably admit that there are maybe possibly some people in our lives that are prone to a bit of excessive talking. That is, people who talk about nothing forever,...
read moreShe Believed She Could Forgive the Unforgivable
Sometimes life happens just like an amazing song: you meet a guy when you're in 7th grade and think he's "cute". Turns out, he thinks you're pretty cute too and you start a sweet middle school friendship. Then, when you're 14 and 15 you start dating, and finally get...
read moreGod’s Protection
Last Wednesday evening a woman paced a Maine shoreline waiting for her husband, an experienced kayak tour guide, and two other kayakers (husband and wife). They were two hours past their arrival time. A lobster boat captain stopped to check on her. She explained...
read moreWhat’s Your Drink of Choice?
For some reason during this particular season of my life I've found myself a bit more frayed than usual. I've been a bit snappy, a bit short, a bit--shall we just say it?--grumpy. Oh. I can thing of at least 17 million things to blame it on, but the fact of the...
read moreJust One Instant
How long do you think an "instant" actually is? Is it a few seconds? Half a second? Almost as long as a moment? Silly questions, really, but for some reason I've been feeling a need to define and quantify something that I've learned has so much power in it. You...
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