How Do You Ask God For Something?

How Do You Ask God For Something?

For a long time praying, to me, felt like paper airplanes thrown into the air to an Almighty God that I couldn’t quite wrap my head around. Hope thrown into the darkness, into the expanse of the sky. To me, the word “pray” was so overused that it seemed to have lost...
Word of the Year- Is it worth it?

Word of the Year- Is it worth it?

If I’m honest, when people start asking me what my word of the year is, it makes my eyes do this really weird squinty thing they do when I’m trying to blink away unwanted pressure. Is it worth it?  I want to tell you no! Skip the pressure, stay in bed and...
Our Gift To You

Our Gift To You

As I walked along the Sea of Galilee this fall I thought I heard God say to write an Advent guide. I wondered if it would be based on the sites I’d seen while in Israel and so I tried to put things together but it never felt right. So I waited. On the flight home,...
Let The Season Change You

Let The Season Change You

As the air turns and it becomes cool, I notice the burning bushes around our home are starting to turn red. Their leaves begin to change one by one, some more quickly than others…but little by little, the season is changing them.   As the air feels cool on my...