I’ve not often been homesick as an adult; not homesick in a desperate, find-me-a-train-or-bus-or-airplane-out-of-here-or-else-I-will-walk sort of way. But last week I spent six days locked-in at the local behavioral health unit due to severe panic...
Walking up the hill from the garden, the twins run ahead because Daddy just got home from work. All week long my heart has carried a question, waiting for an answer that reaches beyond my own reason, something that fills the gaping hole inside of me. So,...
The paper seed packet read, “Mesclun Mix” and pictured a leafy assortment of lettuces. The seeds themselves were miniscule, small balls the size of a pin’s head, little shards and spikes in a variety of colors. I shook them loose into the ground,...
It started with a crocus or two. Delicate blossoms like bright purple tissue paper, twisted. Then, later, the daffodils bloomed. Just two, opening on a cold rainy morning that left them covered with ice, but they endured. Now dozens of yellow...
What, do you wish to know our Lord’s meaning in this? Know it well, love was his meaning. Who reveals it to you? Love. What did he reveal to you? Love. Why does he reveal it to you? For love. Remain in this, and you will...
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