Reflections & Ponderings Seasonal Devotions Trinity-tide

The Tilting of the Earth

Seasons reflect God’s ever so gentle hand nudging us toward himself so that we may live in the fullness of who he’s created us to be, even in seasons of quiet, fallow and rest.

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Devotionals Prayer Life Spiritual Formation

Centering Our Souls During Social Distancing

Our state officially went on lockdown, a.k.a “Stay at Home, Stay Safe,” Monday. Though I continue to write about discernment, I thought it’d be nice to pause and practice discerning prayer in an unsettling time. I’ve put together an outline for a prayer practice, you may use it as you like. With a mandate to social distance and live a more isolated lifestyle, we are all feeling disoriented as to how to use our time.…

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Devotionals Lent & Eastertide Seasonal Devotions

Tear Apart your Heart: A Lenten Reflection

Devotionals Spiritual Formation

To be Named is to be Loved

“—to be given a name is an act of intimacy as powerful as any act of love.” Madeleine L’engle, Walking on Water: Reflections on Faith & Art.  When we found out we were pregnant with our first child we immediately began scouring baby name books. Knowing we were having a boy narrowed down the process but didn’t lessen the pressure. We knew nothing about our little bundle of life to come, yet had to choose…

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Spiritual Formation Waiting

Waiting on a God who never gets weary

READ Isaiah 40 To a God who never tires. My prayer. I am weary and tired. I am worn and weak. Yet you remind me of your greatness and my insignificance. You remind me rest can only be found in you—only by waiting in you Lord. I confess in this time I wonder why you haven’t returned. Why our world isn’t being demolished. You may be broken-hearted, yet you cease to grow weary. The nations are a…

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