Our lives are made up of ordinary decisions, ordinary challenges, ordinary battles. The regular decisions to get out of bed in the morning, to go to work, to return home at night. The ordinary battles of exercising, of eating food that nourishes our bodies, of keeping the house or apartment tidy. Within the last seven … Continue reading Ordinary Battles →

I love finding pictures of the good news - the best news - hiding in the ordinary, hiding in plain sight. Like today, as I stood in my laundry room and sewed up a hold in my dog's crate pad before washing it. I had learned through experience that washing a dog bed with a … Continue reading Mending →

A little over a year ago, the musician, Andrew Peterson, recommended a book of prayers for specific times (also known as 'liturgies') during his "Behold the Lamb of God" Christmas concert series. At the time, I dismissed the book as too formal, too traditional, too structured for my walk with Jesus. But when Andrew Peterson … Continue reading A Liturgy for Walking the Dog →