Pictures didn’t do our little tree justice this year with its white lights, wooden ornaments, homemade orange slices, cranberries, and popcorn strung. I love ALL the colors of Christmas, but there’s been something centering about our simple little tree. Simplicity makes space for gratitude. With each year, I become more and more (and more!) gratefulContinue reading “Christmas 2021”
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Important Matters
Not long ago I scribbled down a few thoughts about having unexpectedly landing in a long season of rest. Yet, here I am again longing for slow following a long season of busy. Life is like that with its ebb and flow. Looking back always slows me down long enough to see what I mightContinue reading “Important Matters”
Marriage & Mondays
Marriage is filled with a lot of Mondays. There are plenty of beautiful days, some gosh awful ones, but mostly less-than-momentous moments. Last week we tucked away to the middle of nowhere Tennessee, to celebrate twenty-six years of Mondays! We get away as often as we can (but not nearly enough!) to remember who weContinue reading “Marriage & Mondays”
A Year of Intentional Imperfection
My hubby laughed when I told him I’d been tweaking this piece on perfectionism since January 9. Oh, the irony. I committed myself to a full year of intentional imperfection at the beginning of the year amidst No Resolutions 2021. A paradox coming from a perfectionist pastor’s wife — but, that’s the point. Idealism, OCDContinue reading “A Year of Intentional Imperfection”
Together
Together is a beautiful place to be. Relationships are complicated — difficult though. We tuck away, isolate, insulate, easily offend, and get easily offended. Blame gets strewn, and the benefit of the doubt is not often offered. We forget the good amidst the bad, against the mad. When will we learn that we’re all merelyContinue reading “Together”
Sacred Scribblings 