Today marks exactly one month of living in Seward. My house is starting to feel a bit more like a home, I’ve got at least some clue of what my job will entail (how to do it all will come later), and I’m starting to settle in to small town life. One new thing for… Continue reading One Month In: What Do I Need?
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Grief and Gratitude
Grieving. It’s a weird thing. Everyone’s grief process is different. Even when people experience what seems like “the same exact loss," how they each walk through that grief changes (as it should!) from person to person. However, whether the loss is big or small, I feel like there is something that happens almost every time… Continue reading Grief and Gratitude
New Morning. New Mercies. – A Morning Prayer
New morning. New mercies. The fears and failures of yesterday have past. The doubts and dreadful moments The sin and its stain Washed clean. Restored. New. Father, at the beginning of this new day, we dare to hope: hope for life abundant hope for joy hope for connection and community hope for a chance to… Continue reading New Morning. New Mercies. – A Morning Prayer
“It’s Okay. It’s Your First Time.”
With all the change and transition in my life I got the unexpected chance to spend a few summer days with my family down in Kansas. In the past 9 years, summer has been my busiest season at work so time away with family is limited, especially due to the distance. On Wednesday, I had… Continue reading “It’s Okay. It’s Your First Time.”
We have not been this way before.
“We have not been this way before.” I woke up this morning with this phrase in my head. There is no denying God was trying to speak truth to me from the moment I had conscious thought. I'd need His presence, His leading. It’s a phrase that’s come up a few times over the last… Continue reading We have not been this way before.
3263 Days
June 16, 2019 7 weeks ago, when I announced I accepted the call to Nebraska and would be leaving New York, this day seemed so far off. June felt forever away... that I had tons of time left in this place. But here it is and there is so much to grieve and so much… Continue reading 3263 Days
It’s been a while…
It's been awhile since I used this space to share life. It is not for lack of things to share, quite the opposite actually. The last time I posted, back in February, was a few days before I got to walk through a beautiful house that I fell in love with and later put an… Continue reading It’s been a while…
Lifter of My Head
"But you, O Lord, are a shield about me, my glory, and the lifter of my head." Psalm 3:3 "I will walk among you; I will be your God, and you will be my people. ... I broke the yoke of slavery from your neck so you can walk with your heads held high." Leviticus… Continue reading Lifter of My Head
Counting Every Blessing {What I’m Reading Wednesday}
I'm not really a "new year's resolutions" girl. Despite that, there is something about switching from December to January that stirs up some specific things in my soul, mainly a desire for the new. I love a new day, a new journal, a new month, a new school year, a new pair of socks. I… Continue reading Counting Every Blessing {What I’m Reading Wednesday}
Best Books I Read in 2018
I read a lot this year. In addition to reading through all 66 books of the Bible I managed to make my way through 51 other books. It's hard to decide which were the best, but here are a few that definitely rose to the top: Daring to Hope by Katie Davis Majors This was… Continue reading Best Books I Read in 2018
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