After the events of January 6th, 2021, I had a lot of words swirling in my mind. Some I’ve shared here & on Instagram. One phrase I kept hearing was the Biblical phrase, “for such a time as this.” It’s a familiar phrase, but it’s context struck in a new way in light of current […]
It’s time to tell your story
a guest post at Windrose Magazine I love writing for my friend Ally at Windrose Magazine, and this post is a special one. Part love story, part practical advice–just picture me pulling up a chair with you at a coffee shop (I’ll have an iced chai, probably) to tell you my story & encourage you […]
Advent Songs, Christmas Eve: glory
The new year races towards me, but today, it’s only Christmas Eve. Still, as I read Luke 2 this morning, my thoughts went to the words I’ve been pursuing in these last days of 2016—“the right time”—as I read their counterparts only a few verses into the famous, beautifully captured words of the Christmas story. […]
on writing in the waiting.
I really want to write, I whisper, as my face falls into my hands to cover the shame and overwhelming emotions that tighten around my thoughts, twisting into a headache worse than yesterday’s. I mean, this is who I am. Or, rather, a part of who I am. Shouldn’t I be walking in it, bearing […]
Advent Songs, part 2: faith
With this week’s sermon, came two songs, of sorts–though the first, I guess, should be called a poem, since I didn’t discover a melody as I wrote it. The challenge at the end of this week’s sermon was to believe in Christ as our Mighty God. To cast all our fear, anxiety, our constant need […]
a new song
this is not who I am this old sin-song I sing a lingering melody I did not pen and it did not pin me against myself in Christ—I am free in Christ—I am me a whole creation from the start I was living with a broken heart in a world with a imperfect melody its […]