Life gets in the way of living sometimes. The daily grind of jobs, bills, and responsibilities can feel like a vacuum sucking the joy out of your life, replacing it with a suffocating discontentment that constantly tells you tomorrow will be different, but tomorrow never comes. We keep going around and around, hoping to beContinue reading “Meant to live”
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Lost in translation
I’m not trying to brag, but I’m currently sitting at a 458 day streak on Duolingo. I’ve been a lifelong learner of Spanish, starting in 7th grade Introduction to Foreign Language class. At nearly 50 years old, I should be completely fluent by now but unfortunately I’m still far from it. I listen to SpanishContinue reading “Lost in translation”
Make peace
We fight who we hate. We hate who we fear. We fear who we don’t understand. We don’t understand who we don’t know. We don’t know who we turn away from. And, often times we turn away from anyone or anything that is different than us. Those who look different, speak a different language, practiceContinue reading “Make peace”
Crooked Sticks
A couple months ago, in the dead of winter while we were just hunkering down waiting for the sun and warmth of Spring to come back, the snow started to fall. It was thick, wet, and heavy as it started to pile up on the streets bringing our normal, every day to a screeching halt.Continue reading “Crooked Sticks”
The Art of Welcome
My daughter once told me in regards to the church, “That which you love, you hold to account”. Therefore, it is in great and deep love for the church, that is, the people, the followers, the disciples, the broken and redeemed whose faith and trust is in Jesus that I write this today. Myself included,Continue reading “The Art of Welcome”
One Love One Voice 