Tenderly Adopted
Our daughter joined our family over seven years ago through adoption. It has grown me in ways I never anticipated. Here’s part of that journey.
Living as a wanderer Prayer Life The Pilgrim Life
Category: Living as a wanderer
Writings and reflections on life, struggles, joys, the little moments of life for encouragement and meditation on who God is and how we relate to Him in daily life.
Reflections & Ponderings The Pilgrim Life
Hope is Never Lost
Two days till Christmas. I hear murmurings that this season of Advent leading up to Christmas just doesn’t feel as jolly or within the norm of holiday tidings of the past. I’ve pondered over why that might be because if I am honest, I am a bit in a lull of “getting into the spirit of Christmas” this season as well. Some have said that due to such a late Thanksgiving the plunge into preparing…
Learn by Paradox Seasonal Devotions
Gratefulness in the Wilderness
Can God set a table in the wilderness? Psalm 78:19 Autumn is my favorite season. Those who come to my house know that during this season my table is set and my home decorated with orange, yellow, gourds, corn, leaves, and turkeys. Though it appears I overdo it, or as my husband calls it, “crazy,” the truth is the idea of a season vibrant with colors that pierce the eye (at least in Michigan) is,…
Living as a wanderer Reflections & Ponderings
Walls that Segregate Us: Pursuing Reconciliation
I’ve never spent much time considering walls, fences, barriers of any sort. To be quite honest, unless you are in the business of fence building or ranching I don’t know who does? Most of us would say we rarely take notice of a fence or wall in our daily lives. So why bother writing about them? This summer our family wandered over to South Africa to visit friends and former China teammates–a long-awaited reunion. As…
Living as a wanderer The Pilgrim Life
Voluntary Displacement
Our pilgrim-ness is our sameness, it is the bridge that connects us.
