noticing and responding to God in our everyday life
Another Sunday morning comes And I resume the standing Sabbath Of the woods, where the finest blooms Of time return, and where no path Is worn but wears its makers out At last, and disappears in leaves Of fallen seasons. The tracked rut Fills and levels; here nothing grieves In the risen season. Past life […]
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“Listen carefully: Unless a grain of wheat is buried in the ground, dead to the world, it is never any more than a grain of wheat. But if it is buried, it sprouts and reproduces itself many times over. In the same way, anyone who holds on to life just as it is destroys that […]
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Do you know what it is like to share your heart, the pain, the tender places, your most vulnerable parts? And to wonder how it will go with the one listening? How it is received can shut your heart down, adding layers of protection. Or it can set it free, letting it be the beauty […]
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This week I have been sharing the losses on our journey to becoming parents. The fall season of our life. Today I remember the seeds that were planted that grew into our adoption of our son. Venturing in again to a land of unknown outcome. Excitement. Cautiousness. Monthly pictures from his foster mom. Falling more […]
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This week I’ve been sharing our long road to parenting, the most intense fall season of my faith. Monday, our early in our marriage miscarriages. Tuesday, our adoptions that almost were. Today we land on our Seattle years. With a new state, new medical discoveries. New hope. Four more pink lines. Four more attempts of […]
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Walking in this land has become familiar. Searching for an answer to my barrenness. At the crux of each hill Dreams invite, This may be the one. But at the top of the hill No crashes in. Thunder and lightening Clouds grey Sometimes complete darkness. The form No takes is limitless. my own body betraying […]
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She closed the door behind her. My husband and I alone in the ultrasound room. Knowing something wasn’t right. She said the doctor would be in soon. The room suddenly short on air. April 2001. One month before our one year anniversary. If we have seasons of life, of faith that feel like fall. This […]
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Nothing Gold Can Stay Nature’s first green is gold, Her hardest hue to hold. Her early leaf’s a flower; But only so an hour. Then leaf subsides to leaf. So Eden sank to grief, So dawn goes down to day. Nothing gold can stay. Robert Frost (1923) As we enter the second week of 31 […]
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As we wrap up week one of 31 Days of Noticing Fall, how has your week been? Where have you noticed God in the midst of noticing fall? In your current season, where is it most challenging to trust God? Where do you tend to “lean on your own understanding”? Take a moment to inquire […]
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Welcome. Eyes meeting. Broad smiles. Such joy in inviting us into their home. In the 100 year old house, walls covered with their now grown kids kindergarten art projects. Warm fire on the damp Seattle evening. Comfy chairs pushed up to it. On a low square table in front of the flames, china set. A […]
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“But there is another kind of seeing that involves a letting go. When I see this way I sway transfixed and emptied.” Pilgrim at Tinker Creek. These words from Annie Dillard swirled around inside my head. Just like the leaves swirling around outside my head. Walking, pausing by this serene lake. Gazing at the trees […]
{more}When you imagine Fall, what picture do you have? In addition to leaves and pumpkins, fires and shorter days, does food come to mind? It does for me. Comfort. Warmth. Gatherings. Sharing a feast. Abundance. The ways God draws us together to share from His table. And when I thought of food and recipes, I […]
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