Yesterday, I had something important to say. Or, rather, something that felt important. Or was it this morning? Time slips quickly and days run into each other without curtesy. But, something felt urgent, profound; I thought about writing about it and sending my thoughts out into the world. I picked up my phone instead and [...]
Working from home has reminded me how much I love mornings and, at the same time, how little I pause to appreciate them. Birds sing songs of good morning, a cardinal perched on my fence. Dogs are barking somewhere in the neighborhood, probably just to make sure everyone's up and at 'em. The coolness of [...]
In her book, Uninvited, Lysa TerKeurst offers a paraphrase of a popular story in the Gospels: Jesus calming the storms on the fishing boat. The word used to describe the disciples’ disposition is “terrified.” In TerKeurst’s paraphrase, perhaps the most profound piece is her breakdown of that word: tarasso, which means to “set in motion what needs to remain still.” (Uninvited, [...]
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