Wholehearted Writing
Last week I did something I have never done in my 12 years of writing. I went to the beach for a writing retreat. I had been praying this past winter about being wholehearted in all areas of my life. (Wholehearted is my word of the year for 2022.) I have felt weary...
read moreA Prayer for Wholehearted Peace
LORD, I have not been at peace. I have been at war. My own personal war is crippling fear. Lord you tell me your desire for me is that I be at peace. You conquered death and fear. And in you peace is your plan. I confess Lord to letting fear win. I'm so tired of this...
read moreWhat’s Been Keeping me from Being Wholehearted
This week God has shown me what has been taking up a large piece of real estate in my heart. It is something that is quite at home there. I have even been known to encourage it, feed it, and give it more credit than it deserves. It is fear. The sad part is, that it is...
read moreThis Love
"Every heart-stabbing poem, every story of rescue, every novel that evokes longings, every reading of Tolkien and Wendell Berry and John Donne and a thousand others who make the tears flow—all are an echo of the love behind all of human history. This love is the power...
read moreLent and Lesser Loves
Wholehearted Lent (Week 2) I saw a question this week on Social Media that made me stop and think. It said, *"How has giving up your lesser love this lenten season practically changed your week?" First of all, compared to Jesus, everything should be a lesser love....
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Tradition has a way of forming us. I didn't come from a tradition that focused on or even defined Lent. Growing up, I remember our neighbors coming home on Ash Wednesday with crosses on their foreheads and wondering what that meant. These same neighbors went to a...
read moreCome Out of Hiding
Recently I found myself sitting in a meeting unsure of what to expect. I had been nervous for the weeks leading up to the meeting because I honestly had no idea what was on the agenda. And so, I did what any normal person would do. I thought through several different...
read moreWhat Breaks and What Holds
Note: Originally posted April 24, 2017. You can also find a slightly longer version in Threadbare Prayer on pages 151-155. __________________________ My youngest daughter dropped my iPad just before I hurried out the door to go to church. With huge tears streaming...
read moreThe Whole Story
Being a good Christian girl has not been a problem for me. What I mean by that is that I haven’t struggled with wild things or been particularly unruly. Ever. It just isn’t who I am. I like rules. I like to know what is expected of me. I want to know the right way to...
read moreThe Beginning of a Wholehearted Journey
This year I’ve started a wholehearted journey. And already, just a few weeks in, it has been rather unexpected. I don’t know about you, but over the past couple of years, I can’t say that I have been 100% engaged or committed to anything. It isn’t that I haven’t...
read moreGo BEHIND the SCENES with ME!
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