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While talking with a friend earlier this week, we were busy swapping new mom stories when she asked me a question about how I’m handling...
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Psalm 27: 4-8 Safe Homes
Connecting creativity to the Creator. That’s the mission statement of Paraklesis. We were made in the image of a beautiful and creative...
Gratitude and the Weeds
“Comparison is the thief of joy,” Teddy Roosevelt once said. Maybe it is, maybe it’s not. In some ways there is a necessity of...
Healing and Growth
There’s a grand tulip poplar in our neighbor's back yard. She puts on a fabulous show every autumn as her pointed leaves twirl and dance...
Withstanding the Heat
You have to water before the heat. It’s been a dry summer. After a very wet spring, the temperatures hit record highs in June breaking...
The Good Gardener
I went out to check my garden again this morning. The tomato leaves had little beads of water on them from last night's rain and the...
Pruning and Nurturing
What use is it to prune the dead leaves off a vine if you don't water it? In the course of the past few weeks I forgot about a plant I...
Cultivate
Preface: I wrote this in the fall, and it never made it to publication. My hope is that the timing of this blesses one of you today....
A time to plant and a time to uproot
When you look back on your life, do you see the patterns of growth and harvest? Do you see the seasons that are fruitful and the ones...
With a need comes His provision. A journal entry.
Backstory: April 2020, like many of us, I was struggling with all that our world was encountering. The brokenness, the lack of community,...
"I don't know how she missed it."
In a counseling session this past summer, we were observing a beautiful horse named Grandy. Grandy, in her last few weeks of pregnancy...
Lessons from a Garden: When my Garden is Lacking
I looked around my garden this morning and felt hopeless. The bell peppers had holes in them from the worms, the peas were uprooted by...
Lessons from a Garden: Intro
The Garden. The beginning of humanity. Where God walked with Adam and Eve in the cool of the evening. If you settle your heart enough,...
Garden Recipes: Kale and Goat Cheese Salad
This winter we have had such an abundance of kale that I didn't really plan for. Last fall, I grabbed a pack of organic heirloom kale...
Lessons from a Garden: Preparation
Thoughtful planning now prepares the soil for a bountiful harvest later.
Tips For Combatting Winter Blues
This blog was originally written for Unbridled Changes. Winter can be tough. Many people struggle with seasonal affective disorder,...
Winter Rest
When is the last time you rested? You took sabbath and you stopped. When is the last time you said no to the tyranny of the clock or your...
Christian Fasting & Easting Disorders
Food is a complex relationship for many people; what the Lord intended for good, the enemy wants to distort, bend, and destroy.
The Authority of God
I turn 30 in a few weeks. Sometimes I look at myself and still feel like I’m 18. The questions roll around in my head; why would anyone...
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