Worshiping through song. It’s such an incredible thing. You come together with hundreds of Christ followers from all over the country and together you raise your voices in song, your hands in praise as one body. Even though most people filling the pews have never met, never been in the same church, never lived in community […]
The One with Attempts at Patient Waiting
God has been doing crazy things in our lives this week. It is one of those experiences that we know can only be an expression of his sovereignty, and we’re just waiting to see what his “end game” really is. It’s hard to wait. But as Ann Voskamp wrote yesterday on Twitter, In Christ, urgent […]
The One with the Second First Piano Recital
In May 1995, with shaky hands and butterflies in my stomach, I played at my very first piano recital–a piece by John Thompson, Fairy’s Harp. (I know all of these details because my awesome mom saved every single one of my recital programs–all 15 of them–in a neatly organized file folder. Thanks, mom.) Seventeen years […]
The One with Strawberry Advice
Reflections and Advice from a Newly Seasoned Strawberry Picker 1. Your back will hurt, particularly if you’re picking for 2 or 3 hours at a time. 2. Wear different tank tops each day to insure more even tan lines. I’ve had a racer-back tank on during the warm mornings and boy, oh boy you can tell […]
The One with the Youth Ministry Moment
For months now, we’ve been building relationships with a new group of teenagers. It takes time to develop trust, respect, open communication, and a sense of unconditional love with a portion of the population who have been burned by friends and hurt by family and abandoned by leaders in the past–or at the very least are […]
The One with a Personal Strawberry Race
Albion Free Methodist Run for God Group This morning I ran my second 5k race–the Albion Strawberry Festival 5k–alongside 30 other green-shirted Run for God runners from our church and community. It was an exhilarating experience to be a part of something bigger than myself, bigger than a race. This group had trained together, learned from each […]
The One with Strawberries and Settlers
Do you ever have those days (or weeks) when there is so much going on you can’t seem to find anything to write about? The slower the pace of life, the more time I have to take note of the little moments of joy or hilarity or wisdom or frustration. But when it’s one thing […]