In mid-August, the sudden onset of severe panic attacks landed me in the hospital for several days. Since then I’ve continued to struggle with generalized anxiety, although medication is helping. Walking through...
My heart is like the half-moon peaking out of the mid-day blue sky. There is more, always more, hidden; more than I can know or see. Lord, teach me to tend, carefully, the shadow places where deep roots dwell. Teach me to love, tenderly, the cool darkness, to prize it...
(Photo Source: HERE.) I am both the sunflower and the seed; both turning toward the light and digging down, deep into darkness. There is not one without the other. Linking with Playdates With...
Head-down, thick folds of skin slide forward to cover her eyes. Long ears drag the ground, swinging in time with each step and the scent of one just passed spirals up the length of her nose. Hard upon the trail of one she cannot see, led by scent (also unseen),...
My friend spoke at a retreat recently, teaching about the use of icons in prayer. She explained that icons are painted with skewed perspective – limbs jut off at odd angels and the symmetry typically associated with beauty is often missing. “The...
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