The Blessing: On the Eve of Your First Birthdays

Walking out onto the dock, I feel it welling up around me.  It’s not the first time I’ve felt it.  It’s the last day of our summer vacation at the bay and I’m distracting the kids while my parents and husband load up all our gear.  The big gate’s...

Baskets of Leftovers

I’m continuing a series of short pieces on abundance (this is the fourth, you can find other posts in this series here: Scarcity and Abundance).     *  *  *  *  *  *  After all of this, I come...

Stories of Abundance: Feast or Famine?

I’m continuing a series of short pieces on abundance (this is the third, click through to read the first two: In the Garden and Sowing and Reaping).  Sunday evenings and Monday mornings can often be a time of anxiety for me as I worry...

Gentleness Saves

The following is a brief and quickly written post in response to Barbara Brown Taylor’s question, “What is saving your life right now?”  Explore other bloggers’ answers to the same question at Sarah Bessey ‘s...

Stories of Abundance: In the Garden

Over the next week or so I want to offer a series of short pieces on abundance.  All of these events occurred over the course of a few weeks.  As these stories echoed around, bumping up against each other in the periphery of my...
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