Start Where You Are

Start Where You Are

From Equilibrium: 31 Ways to Stay Balanced on Life’s Uneven Surfaces. Our information is shelled with statistics. Our schedules are crammed with goals. Our meetings are overloaded with the pursuit. What if we stop the race, just for a moment? What if we cease...
Feelings

Feelings

From Equilibrium: 31 Ways to Stay Balanced on Life’s Uneven Surfaces.  We should not always go by our feelings. Our feelings can be affected, influenced, triggered by more than what is best for us. It is good to know how we feel and why we feel that way, though...
hope for healing

hope for healing

a heavy fear.a haunting lure. those initial thoughts.those original feelings. yes, they are there.yes, they are loud. no, they should not control us. be aware of them.process the “what”and the “why.” but beware of them.refuse to let them ruleyour decisions. talk to...
fifteen days of cold

fifteen days of cold

remembering fifteen dayswith a fewback-home-momentsafter the first five,before the last five. praying and waiting,unsure and hopeful,encouragement from friendseased the stress.  breathe deeply, now.relax muscles, now.think positively, now. i listened.podcasts,...
“new year, day two”

“new year, day two”

i checked my phone’s calendarfor confirmationof what day today is. they,these days,confuse me. they,these days,concern me. unanticipated, unforeseen,unannounced, unplanned. we’ve all had decembersof disturbance before.we’ll all have more. but this jolt has left me...
the fog

the fog

driving in the fogearly saturday morningto an airport and back,driving in the fogsaturday morning and eveningto and from a hospital,driving in the fogto our church gatheringsunday morning,reminded me of life. some days,some seasons,some roads,we barely seewhere we’re...
stories

stories

From the book embracing now: pain, joy, healing, living. they invite our participation.they convince our hearts.they intrigue our minds.they unveil hidden realities.they swipe strong patterns.they capture deep wounds.they wrestle with us.they feast with us.they grieve...
dancing out of death 

dancing out of death 

From the book a slow and sudden God: 40 years of wonder.  a mystery marches across time.  man, in cadence matching  the beat of this world.  God, His steps dancing  to a different rhythm.  man moves to the usual;  God to the unusual.  questions...
An Ancient Story

An Ancient Story

From the book Pause With Jesus: Encountering His Story in Everyday Life.  Enter the storyline. Study the plot, finally detecting ourselves there; spiritually perceiving that story here with us in the now. This now. This moment. Where do we start? Where the story...
Grief at Christmas 

Grief at Christmas 

From Equilibrium: 31 Ways to Stay Balanced on Life’s Uneven Surfaces. I’ve learned to be okay with not always being okay or feeling okay or expecting everything to fit my definition of okay. I’ve learned to welcome grief. I’m continuing to learn to grieve well....