I was raised in a home that was not only open to God’s will leading our lives, and so we went through some hard times that helped us grow, but also a home that taught me that Love is not about you. That life is not about you. That you are not the center of the universe…the center of anything, really. Instead, I was taught more along the lines of Cicero: “You were not born for yourself alone.”
It is Advent. The season of waiting. The season that ends with Christmas, literally “Christ-coming”, with a baby in a manger and a star and the poor shepherds and the rich kings. With the end of a journey traveled and the beginning of a bigger journey on which to embark. It also is the …
While the holidays begin to swirl around me and I feel things starting to rev up, I am surprised that, this week, I feel nudged to share about slowing down. The need for the slow down, and the difficulty of effecting it, is not a new topic for me. There have been moments throughout …
‘I saw the light and found my way home Thank you, Lord, Amen.’ When I heard Thomas Rhett’s song, “Country Again” last summer, I did not know where it would lead me. When I discerned that it was to be my Faith Song last year, I did not really know why. God showed me …