Walking in my garden at the break of dawn is a sweet joy. As the gravel crunches underneath my feet, the faint scent of ripe tomatoes join the delicate vanilla-like fragrance of white simplicity roses. This early morning ritual is a gentle but gratifying pleasure and never more so than in midsummer when the garden is at its most abundant….
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“O, taste and see that the Lord is good; Blessed is the woman who takes refuge in Him!” Psalm 34:8 The coming of a new season brings with it renewed energy and vision for what pleasures and surprises are waiting to be discovered. In this season of summer, our thoughts turn to a more leisurely pace, more time with family…
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When my baby was nine-months-old, I attended a women’s retreat for a day. I bounced my son on my hip and smiled on the outside, yet inwardly I felt like I was drowning. Anxiety and postpartum depression were wreaking havoc in my life. My body ached like that of an eighty-five-year-old, but even worse than that was the deep loneliness…
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In March of this year, just before the world went into quarantine lockdown, I was connected with two ministries in Pakistan that minister to people living in bonded slave labor to brick kiln owners. These people live generation to generation without any hope of freedom because of debts they are trying to pay off. They work tirelessly, sometimes 6 hours…
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Hi Friends, Three years ago, God would ironically use a new home to help me surrender my story to Him. As I sit here writing it’s May and the jacaranda trees are in full bloom. My mind is on home again but there’s contentment. The purple wind-swept blossoms are making a thick path for my tricycle to ride over and…
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